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Used is New
Wednesday 04 January @ 16:26:17 |
 by Christopher Koza
It’s just a few days into the new year and already we’re struggling to keep up with our resolutions—shrinking waistlines and moderating habits. But if you’ve chosen to emphasize recycling as your good deed in 2006, you can feel better about yourself by merely supporting local artists.
 Michael
Sweere is an award-winning and peer-recognized environmentally friendly artist
who creates paper mosaics from the copious packaging materials of today’s
consumer products. Sweere’s works come in all sizes and make ample ground
in both subject matter and style. He recently exhibited at Rosalux Gallery,
along with artist Amy Rice.
Sweere’s pieces often give the impression they are made of stained glass.
The Chicago Institute of Art houses large stained-glass pieces by the French
master Marc Chagall, which transports the qualities of stained glass from churches
and religious environments to galleries and private collections. Some of Sweere's
pieces read like a new religion, where undercurrents of modern deities are represented
with classic symbols of serious iconography.
But Sweere accomplishes these combinations without forgoing his most valuable
asset—humor. By using collage techniques and organized precision, Sweere’s
manmade, acid-trip colors draw the viewer to explore a new world created from
discarded waste.
 Reusing
packaging is one way to recycle, but what about reusing the actual products?
Twin Cites artist Xavier Symown is a musician/artist who has found a use for
her bass strings after their rock ’n roll lives have been spent.
Symown began her career as a jeweler while trying to preserve the memory of
a beloved musical collaborator following a heartbreaking tragedy. To preserve
the energy of the relationship, Symown saved old guitar strings last played
by her friend, remaking them into bracelets and unexpectedly drawing attention
from random strangers and people on the street.
With such a positive response to something that was intended to be a personal
remembrance, Symown was initially unprepared to produce a large body of work.
But soon musical instrument shops became a primary source of materials with
their large supply of old and tangled strings from guitars, violins, bass guitars,
cellos and pianos.
Symown now makes earrings, bracelets, necklaces, pins, rings and more. Her pieces
are available for purchase from the artist’s
website, or at the Walker Art Center gift shop. Sweere’s work can
be viewed on the Rosalux
Gallery website. ||
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