Neotectonic Period: A Radical Proposal for Beauty NOW OPEN AT: Susan Hensel Gallery on Artsy.net Neotectonic Period: A Radical Proposal for Beauty is a new solo exhibition of mixed media sculpture by Susan Hensel. Running from March 15th to May 15th on the Susan Hensel Gallery’s online Artsy platform. The show exhibits the artist’s groundbreaking digital embroidery techniques combined with a variety of materials. […]
Exhibitions Opening Soon! BOOKISH-New art in Covid-times, A special exhibition inspired by books Watch a small preview! Opening Dec 18, 2020 Bookish Facebook – HD 720p “Susan Hensel’s latest work is a continuation and evolution of her renowned artist books. In the new online series titled Bookish, she presents fabric and multi-media pieces that depict the book liberated by Hensel’s vision and veneration, picking up themes from past work and developing fresh perspectives. The series represents the deep reservoir of ideas and approaches born out of a long relationship between an artist and her subject matter.”- Jonathon M Clark, independent critic […]
Music, Wordplay, and Numbers This new piece, Log Rhythm, is actually a tribute to my father. Not only did he love to play with music and words, but he also loved to play with numbers. My father was an engineer who loved music, wordplay, and numbers. He could play a tune on any instrument that he picked up. Mostly he played ragtime on our upright piano and comedic songs on the concertina. (I never played ragtime. I thought I was the next Edith Piaf, composing and singing heartbreakingly dolorous songs as a teenager.) At Christmas we would go caroling around the neighborhood with my father leading the pack, playing the concertina. […]
Studio life for artist Susan Hensel is a lot of things. It is playing with colors, materials, and ideas: the fun stuff. It is making decisions about how to handle material mistakes: also fun stuff. This piece, Jester: Clown of God, started as one thing and became another because of inconsistencies that turned up in the stitch-out. I can’t even see the “problems” anymore, because the piece became itself once I draped it over a chair. The paradoxical heaviness of the fabric against the visual lightness of spirit reminded me of a story by Tomi DiPaola: The Clown of God, about a character who used his unique talent to bring goodness to the world. So absurd, to think that a talent for juggling could be so valued. But isn’t that what art does for us? That’s all well and good…but if you are an exhibiting artist, you will probably need to ship the work that you had so much fun making. […]
The Unique Art of Embroidery is a creative and rare form of art medium. Art comes in all different kinds of style mediums such as oils, acrylics, watercolors, charcoal, chalk pastels, spray paint, and pencil. Some more artistic art mediums can include marble, steel, and wood used for sculpting your work. Embroidery although being a rarer form of art medium is loved all over the world. If you’re interested in learning more about this wonderful yet unique art medium, here are some interesting things you might want to know about The Unique Art of Embroidery. […]
Sergio Mojica, Music and ArtSergio Mojica was born in El Salvador and grew up in New York City. A self-taught artist and musician he believes that music and art influence each other. […]
MUSIC! In the Windows! Noelle Rollins, a painter from Crystal, MN, has brought art and music together in the windows through the end of July. […]
INVENTORY METHODS: do the math.Inventory Methods is an artwork about accretion and subtraction; accumulation and reduction. A record of old pajamas discarded as useless and accumulated as rags. […]
Water Washes: IN THE WINDOWS Mississippi River I met Annie Hejny last summer, during the Women’s Art Institute at St. Kate’s. She began this series of paintings then, collecting river water and combining them with her paints. A subtle, worshipful consideration of the value of our water supply. These paintings, which will be up through October, are especially beautiful at night. Come by at night to see them glow. […]
IN THE WINDOWS-Lynda Angelis “Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient” – St. Thomas Aquinas […]
