Julianne Swartz

"Placement (Disc)" photograph ocean beach reflection mirror

2007

Marie Navarre remembering the way, 2021 archival digital print on Surface Gampi, Rives BFK 25.5" x 25" unframed 28.75" x 27.75" framed Edition of 5 Marie Navarre’s deep interest in poetry, especially the Japanese form of Haiku, has had a profound influence on her work. She conjures dreamlike images that appear to be from just outside the realm of human observation, like the fragments of a distant memory. She prints her mysterious and timeless images of flocks of birds, grey sky and shimmering endless horizons unmoored from specific times and places, then hand stitches over a background of Gampi paper—a soft, silky Japanese paper that has a satin-like sheen. These enigmatic photographic constructions document the implications of a moment rather than its actuality. The artist understands that her relationship to photography is complex: “I have this trouble of being a photographer but wanting to make the photographs into something else. I still think like a photographer even though in some ways I’m sabotaging the way that photography works. I still begin my artmaking process by making pictures. I don’t know how to begin without the photograph.” At play is the tension of a fixed medium documenting a world in movement. Navarre has a BA, MA and MFA from Arizona State University. Her work is collected nationally and she has received a number of awards including a Capp Street Project Residency Grant in San Francisco for her collaboration with Jim Campbell...

Mark Klett Color Saguaros series (Saguaro), 2020 inkjet print on handmade Japanese paper 10.75” x 8.25” unframed / 14.75" x 12" framed Edition of 20 The subject of Mark Klett’s ph...

Marie Navarre find us soon, 2020 archival digital print on Surface Gampi, Rives BFK 25.5" x 25" unframed 28.75" x 27.75" framed Edition of 5 Marie Navarre’s deep interest in poetry, especially the Japanese form of Haiku, has had a profound influence on her work. She conjures dreamlike images that appear to be from just outside the realm of human observation, like the fragments of a distant memory. She prints her mysterious and timeless images of flocks of birds, grey sky and shimmering endless horizons unmoored from specific times and places, then hand stitches over a background of Gampi paper—a soft, silky Japanese paper that has a satin-like sheen. These enigmatic photographic constructions document the implications of a moment rather than its actuality. The artist understands that her relationship to photography is complex: “I have this trouble of being a photographer but wanting to make the photographs into something else. I still think like a photographer even though in some ways I’m sabotaging the way that photography works. I still begin my artmaking process by making pictures. I don’t know how to begin without the photograph.” At play is the tension of a fixed medium documenting a world in movement. Navarre has a BA, MA and MFA from Arizona State University. Her work is collected nationally and she has received a number of awards including a Capp Street Project Residency Grant in San Francisco for her collaboration with Jim Campbell...

Binh Danh Buddhas of Bayon #1, 2017 Daguerreotype (exposed from an enlarger) 10" x 8" / 14.75" x 12.5" framed Edition of 3 Binh Danh’s work expresses his in...

Mark Klett Color Saguaros series (Saguaro dusk red clouds moon), 2020 inkjet print on handmade Japanese paper 10.75” x 8.25” unframed / 14.75" x 12" framed Edition of 20 The subje...

Mark Klett Color Saguaros series (Saguaro 2 arms skyward), 2020 inkjet print on handmade Japanese paper 10.75” x 8.25” unframed / 14.75" x 12" framed Edition of 20 The subject of ...

Digital chromogenic print from negative

Palazzo del Quirinale Salone dei Corazzieri 2015 C print Signed, dated, and numbered on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches edition of 5 71 x 88.5 ...

Biblioteca di Mafra I Portogallo, 2015 C-print Signed, numbered and dated on verso 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches edition of 5 71 x 88.5 inches edition of...

Biblioteca di Wiblingen, Ulm C-print Signed, titled, dated and numbered edition of 5 on artist's label on verso. 39.5 x 47.5 inches - edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches - edition of 5 71...

Trittico (triptych), 2017 Chromogenic C Print 180 x 365 cm Edition of 5 The photographer is based in Florence, and is fascinated how his architectural subject matter allows him to c...

Palazzo del Quirinale Cofee House 2015 C print Signed, numbered, and dated on verso label 39.5 x 47.5 inches edition of 5 47.5 x 59 inches edition of 5 71 x 88.5 inches edition ...