Warping the Distances

Marla Sweitzer

Warping the Distances

September 14 - October 26

tightly cropped image of an irregular square shaped artwork painted in bright orange oil paint, with visible brushstrokes. close up image of an irregular square shaped artwork painted in golden yellow oil paint.

Above (Left): Untitled, Tile 17, 2022, 10 x 9.75 x 0.5 inches. Right: Untitled, Tile 6, 2021, 10.25 x 9.75 x 1.5 inches. All works are oil on ceramic. Images courtesy of the artist.

Marla Sweitzer (b. Sarasota, FL) lives and works in Fresno, CA. Her ceramic paintings explore how changing light interacts with color as it falls across a hand-built surface. Each form sits between sculpture and painting, blurring the distinction between architecture and landscape. She holds a MFA in Studio Art from University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has exhibited her ceramic sculptures at Housewright Gallery (Seattle), Warbling Collective (London), Jason McCoy Gallery (NYC), and Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture (Knoxville). Sweitzer teaches Crafts and 2D Design at Fresno City College.

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Installation views: top image showing the following works, Untitled, Tile 21, Untitled, Tile 24 (both 2023) and Untitled, Tile 20 (2022). Below: Untitled, Tile 14; Untitled, Tile 9; Untitled, Tile 7: Untitled, Tile 8 (all 2021); Untitled, Tile 17, 2022. All works are oil on ceramic. Warping the Distances, September 2023. Images courtesy of the artist.

installation view of three irregular square shaped artworks in tones of ochre, black, and red against a white wall.

Installation view, "Warping the Distances." Image courtesy of the artist.