"CHELSEA COMOS" EXHIBIT • SEPTEMBER 9 - DECEMBER 9, 2023 • AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY
Explore The Art of Collage, a 178-page hardcover book by Robert M. Swedroe featuring vibrant mixed-media art, creative process, and methodology.
Discover the art, imagination, and creative process of Robert M. Swedroe in The Art of Collage, a richly illustrated hardcover art book celebrating more than six decades of work by the acclaimed architect and mixed-media collage artist.
Across 178 premium-color pages, Swedroe presents collage as a form of “two-dimensional architecture”—a disciplined yet imaginative practice shaped by structure, balance, color, texture and composition. The book traces his personal journey from his early artistic discoveries through his distinguished architectural career and return to collage-making.
Readers are invited inside Swedroe’s creative world to explore how he develops themes, collects visual materials, organizes imagery, cuts individual elements, constructs layered compositions and completes each one-of-a-kind work. Vibrant reproductions showcase the saturated color, geometric precision, unexpected imagery and visual energy that distinguish his original fine art collages.
Part artist monograph, part studio companion and part creative manifesto, The Art of Collage demonstrates how architectural discipline and artistic freedom can coexist within a single composition.
This collectible Robert M. Swedroe art book is ideal for:
• Fine art and collage collectors
• Architects and interior designers
• Mixed-media and contemporary artists
• Art students and educators
• Creative professionals
• Coffee-table book collectors
• Anyone inspired by color, composition and visual storytelling
PRODUCT DETAILS
Author: Robert M. Swedroe
Format: Hardcover art book
Printing: Premium color on white paper
Length: 178 pages
ISBN: 979-8-218-78950-3
Condition: New
A hand-signed and individually numbered, museum-quality limited-edition print of Robert M. Swedroe’s Butterflies of the World. Dry mounted on canvas and professionally presented with a 1.5-inch white mat, 70% UV-protective Art Glass, and a high-gloss black frame. Measures 30 5/8 inches wide × 21 3/4 inches high and arrives ready to hang.
A hand-signed and numbered, museum-quality limited-edition print of Robert M. Swedroe’s Butterfly Nectar Chase. Dry mounted on canvas and professionally finished with a 1.5-inch white mat, 70% UV-protective Art Glass, and a high-gloss black frame. Ready to hang.
Bring the beauty of nature indoors with Butterfly Spring, a vibrant signed limited-edition fine art print by Robert M. Swedroe. Featuring colorful butterflies, layered mixed-media elements, and joyful movement, this collectible artwork celebrates transformation, renewal, and the wonder of the natural world.
Cosmic Energy by Robert M. Swedroe is a signed and numbered limited edition framed canvas featuring a vibrant green, gold, and jewel-tone abstract collage composition. Professionally dry mounted, framed in smooth high-gloss black lacquer, protected with Art Glass, and ready to hang.
Cosmic Firestorm by Robert M. Swedroe is a signed, numbered, limited-edition framed canvas featuring fiery orange, gold, amber, and jewel-tone collage detail. Professionally dry mounted, finished with a white mat, protected with Art Glass, and framed in a smooth high-gloss black lacquer frame, this piece is ready to hang and designed to make a statement.
Discover the creative vision of architect and artist Robert M. Swedroe in this beautifully produced hardcover art book featuring over 170 pages of vibrant mixed-media collages created between 1962 and 1974. This collector-quality volume showcases the imagination and artistic evolution of one of South Florida's most influential architects and collage artists.
