FRANK SCHWAIGER
MUSIC: THE ART OF SEEING
bruno david gallery
FRANK SCHWAIGER
MUSIC: THE ART OF SEEING
January 21 - March 22, 2025
Bruno David Gallery
7513 Forsyth Boulevard
Saint Louis, Missouri 63105, U.S.A.
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Founder/Director: Bruno L. David
This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition “Music: The Art of Seeing” at Bruno David Gallery.
Editor: Bruno L. David
Catalogue Designer: Angela Griffy
Designer Assistant: Claudia R. David
Printed in USA
All works courtesy of Frank Schwaiger and Bruno David Gallery
Photographs by Bruno David Gallery
Cover image: Music: The Art of Seeing (Installation view), 2025
Copyright ©2025 Frank Schwaiger and Bruno David Gallery All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the written permission of Bruno David Gallery
CONTENTS
TEXT
BY FRANK SCHWAIGER
PROLOGUE
BY BRUNO L. DAVID
CHECKLIST AND IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION
BIOGRAPHY
BY
FRANK SCHWAIGER
What is that.
I hear, music, real, and comes to me from a another world? Or - is it already in me and finds it’s allotted place?
Strong these messages are and impossible –Yet we cry.
And, how do these melodies entwine themselves in our hearts?
Like coming home.
If I paint these mystic images, plucked from nothingness, to lodge themselves in your heartsForever friends.
Are dreams spun out being; color, shape. Images of love of worlds floating.
Songs from inside us… They see us, too.
Messages from another world to touch you.
MUSIC
To our Eyes
BY BRUNO L. DAVID
I am pleased to present, Music: The Art of Seeing, an exhibition by St. Louis-based multi-disciplinary artist Frank Schwaiger. This is Schwaiger’s seventh exhibition with the gallery.
Frank Schwaiger’s series of paintings demonstrates his curiosity and passion for risking a venture into the unknown. His use of vibrant colors, dynamic shapes and abstract forms creates a visual language that, although geometrically constructed, freely expresses his emotions, thoughts, and visions. His paintings invite the viewer to join him on a visual journey, where each piece reveals a different aspect of his artistic adventure. Schwaiger is not afraid to experiment with different techniques, materials, and styles, as he constantly challenges himself to push the boundaries of his creativity. His new series is a testament to his versatility, originality, and talent as a painter and sculptor.
Frank Schwaiger’s art has been widely exhibited. He is a graduate of the Washington University in St. Louis, School of Architecture (Now the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts), and received his Master from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, where he worked with Buckminster Fuller. He lives and works in St. Louis and is the director of the Columbia Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, MO.
Support for the creation of significant new works of art has been the core to the mission and program of the Bruno David Gallery since its founding in 2005. I am deeply grateful to Angela Griffy, who gave much time, talent, and expertise to the production of this catalogue. Invaluable gallery staff support for the exhibition was provided by Invaluable gallery staff support for the exhibition was provided by Jana Yan, Jialing Sun, Hazel Tao, Talia Zakalik, Jasmin Wu, Angela Griffy, and Grace Kahler.
CHECKLIST & IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION
Acrylic on wood panel
54 x 40 1/2 inches (Framed)
COBALT BLUE 2024
Acrylic on board 34 x 16 inches (Framed)
LAKE STORM 2023
Acrylic on board
29 3/4 x 54 inches (Framed)
THUNDER 2023
Acrylic on board
36 1/2 x 30 5/8 inches (Framed)
XANADU 2022
Acrylic on board
32 3/8 x 32 3/8 inches (Framed)
ULTRA 2017
Acrylic on board
36 x 34 3/4 inches (Framed)
RUBATO 2020
Acrylic on board
29 x 32 inches (Framed)
JOY 2022
Acrylic on board
33 x 33 inches (Framed)
PORTRAIT (OF A WOMAN)
2023
Acrylic on board
31 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches (Framed)
KUKULKAN
Acrylic on board 41 1/2 x 36 inches (Framed)
Acrylic on board 35 1/2 x 30 3/4 inches (Framed)
Mixed media on paper
25 x 15 inches (Framed)
MICHIGAN: STARRY NIGHT
SOLITAIRE 2019
Acrylic on board
26 1/2 x 37 inches (Framed)
THE WATCHER
Acrylic on board
3/4 x 41 3/4 inches (Framed)
EYE II 2019
Acrylic on board
26 x 34 1/2 inches (Framed)
LOVE IN C MINOR
Acrylic on board
27 1/2 x 51 1/2 inches (Framed)
LUST 2023
Acrylic on board
53 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches (Framed)
GARDEN OF EDEN
Acrylic on board
51 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (Framed)
“ONE” OF A KIND 2024
Acrylic on board
25 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches (Framed)
PLUTO 2024
Acrylic on board
25 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches (Framed)
LOVE: AND CROSS MY HEART 2024
Acrylic on board
25 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches (Framed)
VENUS
Acrylic on board
25 5/8 x 25 5/8 inches (Framed)
FULL WINTER MOON 2024
Acrylic on board
25 5/8 x 25 5/8 inches (Framed)
SUNNY SIDE UP 2022
Acrylic on board
3/4 x 22 1/4 inches (Framed)
PURE 2024
Acrylic on board
25 5/8 x 25 5/8 inches (Framed)
NEPTUNE 2024
Acrylic on board
25 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches (Framed)
CHILD’S PLAY 2023
Acrylic on board
30 1/2 x 30 3/4 inches (Framed)
CHILDS PLAY
Acrylic on board
inches (Framed)
JUGGLER 2022
Acrylic on board
30 x 30 inches (Framed)
Acrylic on board 25 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches (Framed)
POOL 2022
Acrylic on paper 27 x 41 inches (Framed)
SORCERER
Acrylic on board
25 x 19 inches (Framed)
THE SELF ENCHANTED #2 2022
Acrylic on board
31 1/4 x 38 3/4 inches (Framed)
LOVE 2016
Acrylic on paper
15 x 15 inches (Framed)
JULY MOON (MUNAKATA SERIES)
2021
Acrylic on paper
26 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches (Framed)
REMEMBER WHEN
Acrylic on board
25 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (Framed)
BLACK SUN 2023
Acrylic on board 54 x 30 inches (Framed)
LOVE 2022
Acrylic on board
24 x 24 inches (Framed)
#3 OF THE “LUNAR” SERIES 2024
Acrylic on board
25 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches (Framed)
VIRTUE 2022
Acrylic on board
27 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches (Framed)
CANTO I - CANTO II
2020
Acrylic on board
37 3/4 x 55 3/4 inches (Framed)
ECLIPSE 2024
Acrylic on board
26 x 19 7/8 inches (Framed)
RODEO 2024
Acrylic on board 26 5/8 x 20 1/2 inches (Framed)
Acrylic on board
26 x 20 inches (Framed)
19 3/4 x 25 3/4
BIRTH OF APHRODITE 2024
Acrylic on board
inches (Framed)
LAKE STORM MOON 2022
Acrylic on board 49 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches (Framed)
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