Stanley Szwarc’s Visionary Cross Purposes
Stanley Szwarc (1928-2011), a Polish book keeper turned metal worker and then artist after arriving in the United States, gave no indication of being particularly religious, but he did like making crosses. A prolific creator of objects from scrap stainless steel, always demonstrating over-the-top imagination, Szwarc made hundreds of crosses, if not thousands. He produced jewelry, he made crosses to be hung on the wall, and he crafted cruciform objects with no apparent use other than to be carriers of his endless combinations of geometric shapes. Szwarc liked to say that no two of his objects, be they crosses, vases, key fobs or boxes, were alike. The evidence plainly supports that contention while demonstrating a virtuosic artistic vision that could not contain itself, always seeking out fascinating ways to vary the ornamentation, to create objects of surprise, delight and striking beauty. Szwarc was one of the great self-taught artists of the 20th Century.
GIF 1: An angle grinder being used on a metal rod, a huge torrent of sparks flying off.
GIF 2: Someone standing at a slight distance using an angle grinder on a piece of metal, a streak of sparks flying off to the side.
GIF 3: A rod being pushed into a belt grinder, a stream of sparks flying downwards.
GIF 4: Slow motion footage of a log collapsing in a fire during the nighttime, a small explosion of sparks flying up.
GIF 5 (center): A heart-shaped sparkler and a star-shaped sparkler held next to each other, both lit and sparkling.
GIF 6: Slow motion footage of sparks flying in front of the camera due to something off screen, blue smoke drifting through the air.
GIF 7: A medium-light skinned person using an angle-grinder to cut a screw and hex nut off a rusted piece of machinery, sparks flying off to the right.
GIF 8: An angle grinder being used on a very large chain link, sparse sparks flying off.
GIF 9: An angle grinder being used on a circular piece of metal with many sparks flying downwards.
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