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Susan Washington
Subway Sonnet #138 - Large Mixed Media Abstract Expressionism Painting

2024

$2,175
£1,680.56
€1,942.89
CA$3,073.43
A$3,447.06
CHF 1,805.17
MX$41,885.12
NOK 22,922.65
SEK 21,732.29
DKK 14,502.67

About the Item

The surfaces Susan Washington works with are derived from her memories of the graffitied subway car, public telephone booths, and rolling steel cages that secure neighborhood stores after closing. In her paintings, she strives to emulate the process by which these metallic surfaces have become the backdrop for the graphic history of the neighborhoods and the people who lived there. Washington's paintings are visual narratives of my experiences, of love, of places, of emotions, and of memories, she recalls from growing up in New York in the 1980s. This 30-inch high by 40-inch wide original oil, spray paint, and collage artwork is on canvas. Icons from the world’s religions and philosophies, pictures torn from art and fashion magazines, and references to lyrics from the artist's favorite bands find their way onto the canvas. It is signed by the artist on the back of the artwork. Free delivery is available for those in the local Los Angeles area. Affordable worldwide shipping is available for U.S. and international art collectors. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Susan Washington grew up in Brooklyn in a creative family. Her Japanese godmother taught her sumi ink painting when she was seven. This was the beginning of a life involved in art and fashion. Susan worked in the fashion industry in New York for 15 years before relocating to the Pocono Mountains. Washington relocated to Baltimore in April of 2021 where she has a large studio on W. Pratt Street. Along with continuing to explore her Subway Sonnet’s body of work, Susan is commissioned for large-scale paintings and works closely with designers on residential and hospitality design projects. “My paintings feel as if they have been created by random collaboration in the same way public telephone booths and trains quickly filled up with stickers and graffiti. The surface is archaeological, stratified with graphic artifacts as some, previously placed, are torn away and others overlaid upon existing iconography. The picture plane is scratched and eroded and scrawled upon. Song lyrics and Shakespearean quotes share the same space with philosophy and street slang. There is rough poetry in the un-painterly rhythm and coarseness of this approach..” Washington has tied together all the imagery and text to imbue each painting with a particular and specific mantra that ranges from “fame” and “success” to “love” and “prosperity”. She pays homage to post-war American art and the neo-expressionists. Her artworks have been exhibited and collected internationally, including in New York, Los Angeles, and Shanghai. Washington's paintings have also been included in film and motion pictures including The Book Club with Diane Keaton, LA’s Finest, The Morning Show, and The Laundromat. REPRESENTATION: Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA EXHIBITIONS 2024 Affordable Art Fair, NYC 2017-23 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Boom! Nitro Gallery Art She Says Solo Exhibition Affordable Art Fair Muriel Guepin 414 Light Exhibition Spring Exhibit at Muriel Guepin Gallery NYC 2019 SOFA CHICAGO with Inspired Interiors Affordable Art Fair NYC Market Art & Design Hamptons NY White Room Gallery All The Pieces 2018 Banana Factory Arts Center Bethlehem, PA Lachaise Gallery at Cedar Crest University Connexions Gallery Easton, PA Brick & Mortar Gallery Easton, PA 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2016 Cherry Bomb, Brick & Mortar Gallery Esquina NYC Threads, Solo Exhibition, Connexions Gallery, Easton PA Abstract Five, Castle Inn Gallery, Delaware Water Gap, PA Good Company, Brick & Mortar Gallery 2015 Hello Allentown, Re: Find, Allentown, PA Bethlehem House Gallery, Bethlehem, PA Dutot Museum, Delaware Water Gap, PA Atkinson Art Center, Southport, United Kingdom Untraveled, Pocono Theater, East Stroudsburg, PA Connexions Gallery, Spring Show, Easton, PA Degrees of Abstraction, Group Show, Stroudsburg, PA 2014-15 Connexions Gallery, Easton, PA 2014 Art Space Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA Listen With Your Eyes, Castle Inn Gallery, Delaware Water Gap, PA Les Art, Stroudsburg, PA The Living Room group show, Stroudsburg PA Castle Inn Gallery, Delaware Water Gap, PA 2013 Palette of Petals, Soho In The Burg, Stroudsburg, PA The Red Show, Backstreet Studio, Stroudsburg PA
  • Creator:
    Susan Washington (1965, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2024
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
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  • Gallery Location:
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: ARTSPACE WAREHOUSE_WASHINGTON_SUBWAY SONNET #1381stDibs: LU42614796622

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