Peri Schwartz: Composing Paintings

On View: September 2–October 4, 2014
Reception: Friday, September 2, 6–8 pm

Peri Schwartz uses her studio as her subject matter. In the studio, she creates stage sets using books, bottles, and the architecture of the space. She is constantly arranging, re-arranging, adding, and subtracting until the configuration is right. These still lifes are simply a jumping off point for Schwartz. While her finished paintings resemble these complicated arrangements, they teeter on the edge of near abstraction.‍

Studio XXXIII

2013, oil on canvas, 52×46”
SOLD

Bottles & Jars XXXVI

2014, oil on canvas, 24x40”
SOLD

Bottles & Jars XXXV

2014, oil on canvas, 22x36”
SOLD

Bottles & Jars XXXII

2013, oil on canvas, 22x32”

Bottles & Jars XXXIV

2013, oil on canvas, 26x44”
SOLD

Peri Schwartz

Peri Schwartz passed away in 2021 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Her work is included in numerous national and international collections, including Bibliothèque Nationale de France, The British Museum, The Denver Art Museum, Harvard Art Museums, LACMA, The Library of Congress, The MFA Boston, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Portland Art Museum, and the Victoria & Albert Museum.