Doug Schwietert (1959-2015) was born in Independence, MO. After joining the Army in the early eighties, he was stationed in Germany as a Medic. Upon his return to Kansas City, he moved a few blocks from the Kansas City Art Institute, where he became friends with many of the students. Self taught, his primary influences include Joseph Cornell, Antoni Tapies, and Anselm Kiefer.
In Douglas’ Words: I am a selftaught artist, and have been making work for as long as I can remember. I find that the aged and battered objects and images commonly used in my assemblage and collage want to form themselves into puzzles to be solved by the viewer. My job is to fight that tendency, and to keep the work simply puzzling and openended. My work can mean anything anybody wants it to. There are no solutions. Accessibility is my ultimate goal. Douglas Shwietert has shown in various exhibition spaces including; Art Not Terminal, Seattle, WA, The Hobbs Building, Kansas City, MO, The Late Show, Kansas City, MO and currently at Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO. |
Photography by Mark Berndt |