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November Issue 2000

Charleston's City Gallery Shows Works by Loren Schwerd

The City of Charleston's City Gallery at the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, SC, will present an exhibit of mixed-media by local artist Loren Schwerd from November 3-30 entitled Trappings.

Schwerd was born in New York City. She received her BFA from Tulane University and her MFA from Syracuse University, where she was awarded a Graduate Fellowship. Schwerd was the recipient of an Artist Angel Grant for residency at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT. Her works have recently been exhibited at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, NY, the University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, and the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester. Schwerd currently teaches sculpture at the College of Charleston.

Schwerd comments on her work: "My works are concerned with found and fabricated histories. Histories are "found" through the used and worn materials I am inspired by. These objects contribute their culturally assigned meanings, values, and narratives to their new context and invite a reexamination of these associations. Histories are "fabricated" through different forms of documentation which indicate that these objects have endured a former life, They remain as evidence of activity and serve as testimony to the life and circumstance of their previous owner. I borrow many forms from the history of fashion and the history of function. The suggestion of some ambiguous function, transforms a static object to one whose action is suspended in time, waiting to be picked-up or put-on. I hope to animate my objects through these allusions to human contact."

For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings or call the Office of Cultural Affairs at 843/724-7305.

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