About

STATEMENT OF WORK

Susan Wolf has been experimenting with form and exhibiting her work in the Bay Area since 2005. As a printmaker, objects take root to hold an obtuse but heartfelt narrative. The deconstructed wallet held for years after being held by her mother, the blooms from a hydrangea plant transplanted from her father's garden in 1994, the unwoven fibers from a bag or a thing that carried care. The process of translation arranging the objects, pressing them between inked plates brings mirrored images to the page. Each story has two versions and is told in dyads. As a fiber artist, the work begins with altering and repurposing previously used fabric with natural dyes. The soft surfaces hold the appliqué and text interventions are tactile pieces inviting the hand to hold while 'reading' front and backsides. As a mixed media collage artist, an archive of flat and dimensional works deconstruct and re-contextualize previous work as a practice of freedom and liberation.

Beyond the walls of their home studio, site specific performative work is situated in outdoor locations or in neutral constructed spaces like parking lots or lean to structures. Several ongoing projects invite participation and conversation. Whether stitching, tearing and twisting fiber, taking pictures of our interwoven fingers or enjoying a bowl of soup. Connections to belonging and community hold the practice of making meaning together.

image: self portrait Wolf Wearing Wolf Moss Mask a hand colored digital print of wolf lichen worn as a mask

CONTACT
susan@susanwolfprojects.com
Instagram @objectplace
Substack @susanwolf
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