life-size wood cutouts from the old masters

Susan Sills at Queens College Art Center

Illusion Allusion

Susan Sills

May 6, 2010—June 30, 2010 with Opening Reception and Artist's Talk on Thursday, May 6, 2010 from 5 - 8PM

Susan Sills’ whimsical, free-standing sculptures reconstruct the timelines of modern art history, making way for this playful narrative. When these life-sized cutouts are released from the confinements of their frames and thrust into real space and time, familiar images take on new dimensions for the viewer that invariably provoke not only whimsy, but fresh insights into art’s potential future. Susan Sills, a native New Yorker and Queens College alumna, is affiliated with Viridian Artists. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

 Utamaro, Geisha with String, 41”x35”
Utamaro, Geisha with Mirror, 38”x34”x10”
Life-size painted wood cutouts, straw mat, take-out containers, chopsticks
Installation size variable

After Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Grand Jatte, (68x27)
After Millet, The Gleaners (34x40)

Life-size painted wood cutouts, umbrella, faux grass, confetti
Installation size variable

After Degas, Woman in a Tub, 40”x36”
After Cezanne, Fruit Dish and Apples, 9”x12”
After Ingres, Odalisque, 36”x63”
After Ingres, The Turkish Bath, 34”x28”
After Van Gogh, Sunflowers on Blue, 26”x20”

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