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Artist Statement:
ARTIST STATEMENT
SCULPTOR, MASK PERFORMER &
PRINTMAKER
“Believing that the purpose of
art is to explore humanity and
that art comes alive when it
relates to people’s lives, my
art draws on multicultural
themes and engages
participation. Developed as a
bridge between cultures, it
led me into diverse themes
steeped in myth, ritual, and
archetype. I’ve created over
600 metal sculptured masks and
have performed with them
throughout the world (thus far
in 29 countries). By studying
the myths and mask-work of
eastern and western cultures,
I continue to infuse my art
with this timeless material.
As a performance artist, my
repertoire of mask and story
performances also explores
myth, history, literature and
legend. During my world
travels and in the States,
I’ve presented hundreds of
performances and led
comparable workshops and
classes in contemporary
masking.
Beyond mask and metal, I work
in mixed media and
printmaking. For example, my
Secret Future Works are mixed
media sculptures with locked
interiors that open in the
future. The unseen, presented
within the context of art,
encourages us to examine our
personal and global futures.
The first of now 19 such art
works, created in 1989, was
opened by its ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Suzanne Benton has shared her
many-faceted art for over 30
years and in 29 countries. A
trans-culturalist and feminist
pioneer based in the States,
her venues stretch beyond New
York City's art world to
villages in remote parts of
Africa, India, and Nepal, and
to philosophy and ...
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Artist Reviews:
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS ABOUT
SUZANNE BENTON
LP Streitfeld, “The Language
of Trees: ‘From Painting to
Painting’,” The Advocate &
Greenwich Time,
Sunday, May
26, 2002, D3-4
LP Streitfeld, “Art of the
Third Wave,” Art New England,
October/November 2001, 22-24
L.P. Streitfeld, “Rising from
the Ashes,” The Advocate & ...
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Collections:
Adams House, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA
Adirondack Community College,
Queensbury, NY
Alec Padesma, Bombay, India
American Embassy, Paris,
France
American Library, Kathmandu,
Nepal
Andover-Harvard Theological
Library, Harvard Divinity
School, Cambridge, MA
Attorney Faith Seidenberg,
Syracuse, NY
Avery Post, United Church of
Christ, Hartford, CT
Barbara Dobkin, NYC and
Westchester
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Galleries for Suzanne Benton:
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ARTHAUS, San Francisco, CA http://www.arthaus-sf.com/artists/suzanne_benton/
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
JSO Art Associates, 6 Nappa Drive, Westport, CT 06880
New Art Lab, G/G 27 New Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, China
PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT
http://www.pmwgalleryplus.com/BENTON__SUZANNE.php
Silvermine Guild Art Center
http://www.silvermineart.org/gallery/artist_detail.cfm?artistID=16
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