Suze Barlow:

When I paint, I copy, appropriate, collage, and iterate upon existing works of art to create realistic and abstract paintings. While my work overtly references specific artists and artworks, I recontextualize, insert, and juxtapose details from the original into newly constructed compositions. On the one hand, the subjects in my realistic paintings are unsettling and surreal and explore themes of disturbingly beautiful and natural elements such as transparency, membranes, skin, and body parts. On the other hand, the subjects in my abstract paintings are spontaneous and intuitive and investigate mark-making as unconscious forms of expression. 

 

My project, Inbetween, employs vector-based images rendered in black vinyl that traverse through walls and windows. The two-dimensional vector-based images balance representation and abstraction through direct observation and intuitive mark-making. In addition, the installation highlights unused space by enlivening the gallery’s margins. 

 

Inbetween installed in the final exhibition space

 

Inbetween wrapping around the gallery wall corner

 

transition from wall to window through space

 

early project proposal rendering

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