Janice Caswell
Construction 41
2015
acrylic, ink, collage, cardboard
6.5”h x 6.5”w x 4”d
Price: $1100
Discounted price: $825
2015
acrylic, ink, collage, cardboard
6.5”h x 6.5”w x 4”d
Price: $1100
Discounted price: $825
Construction 82
2016
acrylic, ink, cardboard
11.5”h x 12.5”w x 4”d
Price: $1500
Discounted price: $1,125
2016
acrylic, ink, cardboard
11.5”h x 12.5”w x 4”d
Price: $1500
Discounted price: $1,125
Construction 61
2016
acrylic, ink, collage, cardboard
9.25” x 8.75”
Price: $900
Discounted price: $675
2016
acrylic, ink, collage, cardboard
9.25” x 8.75”
Price: $900
Discounted price: $675
Construction 14
2015
acrylic, ink, collage, cardboard
5.5” x 9.5”
Price: $750
Discounted price: $560
2015
acrylic, ink, collage, cardboard
5.5” x 9.5”
Price: $750
Discounted price: $560
The experience of place lies at the heart of my art practice, which actually begins outside the studio. Walking through the manmade landscape, I’m drawn to curious structures and details: haphazardly patched roofs, the shadow cast by a broken shutter, mismatched sidewalk tiles, makeshift construction-site barriers, the outline of a former doorway, long plastered over. I photograph as I walk, capturing details like these as well as compelling image fragments: forms, angles, colors, patterns, textures, plays of light and shadow. The thousands of visual references I’ve encountered and photographed serve as inspiration for my cardboard constructions, but my working process itself is intuitive and improvisational. Starting with no particular form in mind, I combine cardboard scraps left over from previous works, allowing each newly added piece to build organically on those already in place. The unpredictability of this approach takes the work in unexpected and satisfying directions.
Janice Caswell is a mixed-media artist based in New York City. Her work has appeared in numerous museum and gallery exhibitions, including the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Savannah College of Art and Design, the Weatherspoon Museum, Bronx Museum of the Arts and Artpace. In 2017, Caswell was awarded an Arts and Letters award and a purchase prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
website: janicecaswell.com
Instagram: janicecaswell
The experience of place lies at the heart of my art practice, which actually begins outside the studio. Walking through the manmade landscape, I’m drawn to curious structures and details: haphazardly patched roofs, the shadow cast by a broken shutter, mismatched sidewalk tiles, makeshift construction-site barriers, the outline of a former doorway, long plastered over. I photograph as I walk, capturing details like these as well as compelling image fragments: forms, angles, colors, patterns, textures, plays of light and shadow. The thousands of visual references I’ve encountered and photographed serve as inspiration for my cardboard constructions, but my working process itself is intuitive and improvisational. Starting with no particular form in mind, I combine cardboard scraps left over from previous works, allowing each newly added piece to build organically on those already in place. The unpredictability of this approach takes the work in unexpected and satisfying directions.
Janice Caswell is a mixed-media artist based in New York City. Her work has appeared in numerous museum and gallery exhibitions, including the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Savannah College of Art and Design, the Weatherspoon Museum, Bronx Museum of the Arts and Artpace. In 2017, Caswell was awarded an Arts and Letters award and a purchase prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
website: janicecaswell.com
Instagram: janicecaswell
