Sarah Schwartz, Mother, 1990. Photo Mattias Givell.
Sarah Schwartz
Sarah Schwartz
(Born 1953, works in Chicago)
Mother, 1990
Inscription in granite stone
10 x 52 x 50 cm
Sarah Schwartz worked at Wanås in 1989 and 1990, and she left behind two language-based works: Reflexion and Mother. The word “Mother” is engraved on a stone of which the shape is reminiscent of a podium or a foundation, as if the artist wanted to emphasize and honor motherhood. Schwartz’ artworks bear witness to the cautious approach to the park’s environment that was typical of early exhibitions at Wanås. Her works are also among the first of many language-based artworks that can be found in the park today. Jenny Holzer has placed texts along the long dry-stone wall that surrounds the park, and language is also central to artworks by Marianne Lindberg De Geer, Yoko Ono, Srinivasa Prasad, Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, and Robert Wilson.
