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In the American Pop-realism tradition of Mel Ramos and Tom
Wesselmann, Suzy Smith portrays idealized nudes as objects of
cultural aspiration. The artist juxtaposes young models against a still
life background derived from iconic Pop Art images. With tongue
-in-cheek humor, Smith manages to honor her Pop predecessors
while maintaining an unmistakable sense of irony, while also making
a statement on our uniquely American culture.
Smith lives and works in Albuquerque, NM, and she has been exhibiting
since the mid 1990's. Her paintings and works on paper have been
reproduced in numerous publications, and she is earning a growing
amount of attention in the United States. Her public collections include
the Kaiser Foundation Art
Collection, the Howard
Tullman Collection, as well
as being in the permanent
collection of the Nicolaysen
Art Museum in Casper, WY.
Her work is represented
by
Scott
Richards
Contemporary
Art
and
Tangent Contemporary Art
in San Francisco, CA, and
Abend Gallery in Denver, CO.
Smith's work can be viewed
at www.suzysmithart.com,
where you can also contact
her directly.
Love, oil, 12 x 12
LiberNOTE: All of Suzy's art shown in this article is currently available for purchase.