Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Susan Benarcik


image above from lyonswierortt.com

I just came upon Susan Benarcik's work at the Narrative Thread show at Lyons Wier • Ortt Gallery in Chelsea, NY. The above piece, “Geminiflorous” uses strips of text cut from books to create the amazing hollow orbs, reminiscent of paper-mache-over-ballon craft done in youth. I also found the photos below, from her website here.

(detail from Susan Benarcik's installation piece, "Mental Notes", images from susanbenarcik.com)