Marc Swanson (b. 1969, American) works
in diverse media including sculpture, drawing,
video, photography, and installation. He often
juxtaposes "high" and "low" materials in a
single work and integrates elements of wood,
glass, textile, naturally shed animal antlers,
and precious metals, such as in this work,
commissioned for the Peter Norton Christmas
Project.* Drawing on a personal history of
growing up in a military family and belonging
to the gay club scene and counterculture, the
artist has been called an alchemist for his ability
to recast an aesthetic and cultural connotations
into visceral, highly personal narratives.
–Affinities and Outliers: Highlights from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections