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Big Meadow (detail), billboard for Holland Project Galleries, Reno, NV, March 2022. Photo: Bligh Gilies
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EVERYTHING: Art that reminds us we are coping, not thriving
“As I drive south over the Wells Avenue bridge, a billboard plastered with my state-of-mind meets me at the intersection, the word “EVERYTHING” pulsing beneath a messy veil of leaf litter, flowers, and grasses that look like they’ve been scattered or left to grow wild and 40 feet tall. Like any other billboard, this one—a blown-up painting titled “Big Meadow” by Julia Schwadron Marianelli—trades in sensation, triggering low-level body responses rather than thoughts. But unlike the highway ads for cellular service, senior citizen publications, and casinos that surround it, this sign isn’t selling anything except the feeling of “everything,” which happens to look a lot like the kind of breakdown you might have after a lifetime of being constantly, relentlessly sold to.”
Brooklynrail.org
Brooklyn Dispatches: Cool Island and Garden of Chill
Thelodownny.com
Gallery Hop: Lesley Heller Workspace & James Fuentes
“Julia Schwadron’s Self Help series features actual titles of self-help books, holding up a mirror to the constantly shifting notion of self-hood and identity.”
“Schwadron isolates a hanging bunch of ghostly white flowers on a reductive black ground, like a wreath on a monument to the Minimalist paintings of Reinhardt and Stella. ”
Trendhunter.com
Ornamental Latticework Drawings
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“appearing unannounced” at Rirkrit Tiravanija’s studio at Tambon Nam-bo-luang
“The exhibition ... focuses on the idea of transition, change and the investigation of possible repercussions of change manifesting in artistic strategies and techniques””
“Just like the beautifully patterned holes that allow for light and air to penetrate throughout the room, the prints add an ornately decorative element that still allows for a spacious and uncluttered feeling.”
Stylebeatblog.com
Stroke of Genius: Painters to Watch and Collect
Ccainv.org
YOU ARE HERE: CCAI Nevada Neighbors Talk
“This collection of paintings works literally and conceptually to map the interrelated psychic, social, and visual landscapes of her year as a visitor in Chiang Mai, Thailand. ”
“Brooklyn-based artist Julia Schwadron works with words, nature and abstractions of both. Her work is shown on a global scale, and her 2009 show Self Help featured renditions of psychology books that pushed the boundaries of abstraction and repetition. ”
Renoarts.news
Renaissance Art
Montgomery news.com
Tyler student wins prestigious fellowship
“I would say that I’m a painter but it’s hard to describe my work briefly. I don’t work with a particular kind of medium or paint. I work with images taken from the world around me and I deal with information we see around us”
“...contrasted by Julia Schwadron’s series of 6 black and white, oil on linen paintings that are reminiscent of photographic negatives.”