It is delightful to see BRANCHES featured on LANDSCAPE STORIES’ social media feeds today. Very happy to share this work about Somerville and Cambridge, Massachusetts, made primarily with my iPhone and digitally recomposed. Sincere thanks to Gianpaolo Arena for making this possible.
Delighted and very grateful my project BRANCHES is featured on artmusexpress.com Matthew Swarts, a visionary in the realm of photography and digital imaging, has an intriguing approach to his art. “I use computers to question some of the things I make with cameras,” he states, challenging traditional notions of photography. Swarts believes in photography’s power…
I feel very fortunate to have my work published in the Institute of Network Culture’s PRTSCN: THE LAZY ART OF SCREENSHOT (2022) INC Zine #4 PRTSCN: THE LAZY ART OF SCREENSHOT Edited by Dunja Nešović The zine PrtScn: The Lazy Art of Screenshot gathered more than 30 authors in an aim to collectively explore the…
MATTHEW SWARTS + DEAR DAVE, (ISSUE 28) “Matthew Swarts has engaged in the neurology of networked computing and photography, warping information and idling in digitized distortions and chromatic discord,” writes Stephen Frailey (EDITOR, DEAR DAVE,). “The work reveals a romanticism that seems atypical for an involvement with technology. The photographs are a lattice of powdery…
My most sincere thanks to Lisa Hostetler, Curator-in-charge, Department of Photography, at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, for including five pieces from The Alternatives in her upcoming exhibition “A Matter of Memory”. (October 22, 2016–January 29, 2017, in the Museum’s Main Galleries). I will look forward to posting more about this exhibition as the date…
Metropolitan Picture Framing recently interviewed me for their informative artist blog. I cannot thank Metroframe.com enough for the rapid but expert fabrication of my frames for Kopeikin Gallery’s installation at MIAMI PROJECT 2014. The craftsmanship and attention to detail is apparent in each hand-made frame. If you are looking for an elegant, beautifully crafted wooden frame…
I have been reworking images from the BETH series. All new images are scalable without a loss in resolution to 40 inches in width. Have a look: http://matthewswarts.com/projects/beth/
So pleased to be featured on the Landscape Stories (Italy) blog today: Check it out: http://landscape-stories.tumblr.com/post/36583467961/ls-09-adolescence-submissions-open-water-by
Honored and excited to be featured in Fototazo’s gallery section: http://www.fototazo.com/2012/09/fototazo-115-matthew-swarts.html Sincerest thanks to Tom Griggs!