| Susan
Gardner
Susan Gardner is a very special artist. She is in touch with
a part of her consciousness which is the wellspring of genuine
artistry.
Anyone who has dreamed knows that the mind is rife with marvelous
images. Ms. Gardner's special gift is her ability to invest an
ordinary canvas with the dreamy inten¬sity of this hidden
self.
Most of us, including, most artists, are able to repress Qur
unconciousness. In fact, much of our working life is spent in
developing defenses which function as a barrier between our unconcious
and concious senses of self. Ms. Gardner has permitted her dark
side to encroach upon her waking life. However, she has structured
the creative imagination. She has painted it.
Many images appear charming and naive. Her portraits of the elderly
are loving and tender. However, other images are turgid with
suggestive and menacing forms, approximating a frightened child's
primitive vision of the world.
Ms. Gardner's canvasses express a genuinely original talent.
Superficially her paintings have the charm and naivete of a Rousseau,
but there is an uneasy, troubling undercurrent of feeling in
these pieces which warrants the attention o.f serious art lovers
and of anyone who wishes to discover a secret dimension
in himself.
Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
City
Atlantic Richfield Corporation Southern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University
Selected Exhibitions
Associated American Artists Gallery,
N.Y.C.
Terrain Gallery, N.Y.C.
Suzuki Graphics, N.Y.C.
Hansen Gallery, N.Y.C.
Silvermine 10th Annual Print Exhibition,
Conn.
Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, III. Print Cabinet, Wilton, Conn.
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