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Susan Lenz
"Found Object Mandala CXXXVI" - mixed media, assemblage, pattern, circle, music

2024

About the Item

This work features hues of orange, yellow, blue and red. Columbia, South Carolina-based artist, Susan Lenz uses needle and thread for self-expression. Her ongoing series Found Object Mandalas speaks to the universal desire for a place of belonging and a sense of home. Working in partnership with her materials, Susan strives to articulate the accumulated memory inherent in discarded things. Her work speaks to morality and the desire for a lasting legacy. She uses multiples of seemingly mundane items to put into perspective the abundance of life and the capacity to keep things as if for a “rainy day.” Paper clips, keys, bottle caps, buttons, nails, plastic spoons, and old clock parts are combined with dominoes, film reels, old toys, and holiday decorations. These and so many other, often vintage items, are repetitively hand-stitched into meditative patterns on sections of old quilts, bringing an extraordinary new life to otherwise everyday things. Susan has a BA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies from Ohio State University.
  • Creator:
    Susan Lenz
  • Creation Year:
    2024
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 34.5 in (87.63 cm)Width: 34.5 in (87.63 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Atlanta, GA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU155214042472
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