Suze Barlow

Media Arts & Sciences major

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.

Inbetween

black vinyl

Jewett Gallery

installation shot of the corner of a white-walled gallery with large recessed windows at top right; a black line 'drawing' in vinyl that looks like draped and folded fabric goes from the window onto the righthand wall and extends down nearly to the floor, with a small amount overlapping onto the lefthand wall

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.

pencil sketch of draped fabric going through windows at left and down into a corner, spilling onto the floor

digital illustration of two pale blue shapes, one an irregular pentagon and one a rectangle, with a black line drawing of draped fabric extending through and beyond the pentagon to white space below

above: early project sketches

digital drawing of black lines forming a semi-abstracted pile of draped fabric extending from gallery windows down a white wall with small prints installed on it

above: digital rendering of proposed installation

view into the corner of a white-walled gallery with small salon-style paintings on the lefthand wall; a single collage piece on the right, and a tall black vinyl 'line drawing' install going from the righthand windows down the wall nearly to the floor in the corner

above: final install in the gallery

close up on part of a black line vinyl installation in the corner of two white walls; the image looks like somewhat abstracted draped fabric

close up on the place where a black vinyl 'line drawing' installation transitions from a recessed window over the lip and onto the surface of a white wall; the drawing resembles draped fabric

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