Robert Swain

Robert Swain

  • Paintings
    • 1964-1970
    • 1970-1980
    • 1980-1989
    • 1990-1999
    • 2000-2009
    • 2010-2014
    • 2015-2019
    • 2020-2024
    • 2025-2029
  • Exhibitions
    • 1964 Thenen Gallery
    • 1968 Fischbach Gallery
    • 1969 Fischbach Gallery - New Paintings
    • 1968 The Art of the Real
    • 1969 31st Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting
    • 1971 The Structure of Color
    • 1974 Everson Museum of Art
    • 1974 Color as Language
    • 1975 Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts
    • 1975 Fourteen Abstract Painters
    • 1976 Susan Caldwell Inc
    • 1978 Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum
    • 1978 Nina Fruedenheim Gallery
    • 1978 Susan Caldwell Gallery
    • 1981 Criss-Cross at the Yellow Stone Center
    • 1981 Gala Art Benefit for The Lighthouse
    • 1985 Repetitions: A Postmodern Dynamic
    • 1986 Art from the City University of New York: Approaches to Abstraction
    • 1988 Toni Birckhead Gallery
    • 1989 A Debate on Abstraction: The Persistence of Painting
    • 1993 MFA Faculty Artists
    • 1998 45th Biennial Exhibition, The Corcoran Collects
    • 2003 Seeing Red
    • 2007 The Optical Edge
    • 2008 Nina Freudenheim Gallery
    • 2010 Primary Research
    • 2010 Visual Sensations
    • 2014 The Form of Color
      • The Form of Color
      • Painting Proposal
    • 2015 Color as Prime
    • 2015 Color Energy
    • 2017 Color as Color
    • 2017 Color: Theory and Affect
    • 2018 Color Syntax
    • 2018 Radiant Energy
    • 2023 The Perception of Color
    • 2024 EDGE
    • 2024 Chromatic Conversations
    • 2025 Philip Slein Gallery
    • 2025 Autumn Color
    • 2026 Chromatic Scales
  • Projects
    • Prints
    • Studies
    • Installations
      • 1982 - Johnson & Johnson
      • 1982 - Slee Concert Hall
      • 2018 - Color Sensation Cube
        • Project Gallery
        • Origins
      • 2018 - 1700 Broadway
      • 2019 - 2222 N Geneva Terrace
  • Articles
    • Catalogs
      • 2018 Radiant Energy
      • 2018 Color Syntax
      • 2015 Color as Prime
      • 2010 Visual Sensations
    • Essays and Writings
      • Robert Swain Chronicles
      • Interview with Robert Swain
      • Color As Content
      • Color Language
      • On Being and Thingyness
    • Reviews
  • About
    • Artist Statement
    • Chronology
    • In the Studio with Robert Swain
    • CV
    • Bibliography
  • Contact

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