Single serving, 2016—
"I was paying a visit to the studio of Jessica Anne Schwartz, a promising young San Francisco artist recently transplanted to New York, and over in the corner, on the floor, off to the side—she hadn’t particularly been intending to show them to me—she had ranged a series of small painted studies on board from several months back...."
in the The Art of Spooning published in The Paris Review by Lawrence Weschler
“Single Serving” is a series of twenty-four intimate, small-scale paintings on board, each portraying the same solitary spoon. What began as a chance encounter of finding a discarded spoon buried beneath pile of trash on her way to the studio one morning evolved into a deeply personal artistic exploration. The spoon’s form sparked more than a visual response; she heard and felt akin to its narrative. The spoon became a vessel not just for her thoughts, but for her emotions, memories, and the resonance of solitude, one that mirrored her own single serving.
Single Serving was later celebrated by renowned writer Lawrence Weschler in The Paris Review, where he described the profound depth of Schwartz’s work and the raw, intimate emotions it encapsulates.
