{"id":1888,"date":"2009-03-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2009-03-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T04:00:00","slug":"graphic-artistpainter-to-show-works-in-library-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2009\/graphic-artistpainter-to-show-works-in-library-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Artist\/Painter to Show Works in Library Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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‘Instrucciones,’ oil over collage on panel by Paula Swisher <\/div>\n

Paintings and mixed media by Paula Swisher, a graphic\/web designer-illustrator from Philadelphia, Pa., is on display March 14-April 4 in the public art gallery in Hartzler Library<\/a>. <\/p>\n

An opening reception for the artist will be held 4 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 14 in the gallery on third floor of EMU’s Hartzler Library. <\/p>\n

Swisher currently does contract work for advertising agencies and companies and freelance projects, including corporate design and digital photography and print pieces. <\/p>\n

Earlier, she was assistant professor of art at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, N.J., 2003-07, and art lecturer at Clemson University and Greenville Technical College. From 2005 to 2007 she collaborated with co-faculty and students in the creation of a multimedia art exhibit\/installation, “The Garden State Project,” examining the identity\/identities of New Jersey. <\/p>\n

Of her recent work, the artist states, “I’m exploring postmodern approaches to ontological concerns of human struggle and endeavor. Through fragmentation, reconstruction and the use of scientific and technical imagery, I am examining our attempts at navigating, overcoming and making sense of our experiences. In this way, scientific imagery becomes a metaphor – images of arranging, probing beneath, taking apart and reassembling represent our investigating, organizing and interpreting human experience.” <\/p>\n

Multiple panels, segments and layers often play a role in Swisher’s work. Stitching, tying, separating and reassembling act as metaphors of the process of reconstructing disparate and contradictory experiences into new narratives or interpretations. <\/p>\n

“Most likely, it is the act of reconstructing that allows us, for the time being, to struggle, navigate and overcome,” she states. <\/p>\n

Swisher earned a BA degree in art from Houghton (NY) College and an MFA degree in painting from Clemson University. <\/p>\n

EMU’s art gallery is open during regular library hours daily free of charge. <\/p>\n

Library hours: <\/h4>\n