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Eye of the Storm, 2007, 48 x 51", oil on linen.

Susan Bee

Art Resume

Paintings

New Paintings (2006-2007):

Après le Déluge (2006, 48 x 60"): detail
At Sea (2006, 38 x 50")
Blue Ladies (2006, 11 x 14")
Childhood's End (2006, 20 x 16")
Chinoiserie (2007, 16 x 20")
Dark Pond (2007, 37 x 50")
The Flood (2006, 52 x 68"): full image, detail 1, detail 2
Happy Anniversary (2006, 16 x 12")
Hovering Angels (2007, 51 x 48")
How Deep is the Ocean (2006, 50 x 60") detail 1
In a Medieval Garden (2007, 20 x 20")
The Joker (2006, 16 x 12")
Lost in Space (2007, 8 x 8")
Meteoric Blooms (2006, 16 x 20")
No Regrets (2007, 16 x 20")
Sheds of Our Webs (2006, 16 x 12")
Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth (2006, 11 x 14"). Collection: Adrienne Rich.
Triangle Noir (2006, 20 x 16")
Unbridled Dawn (2006, 8 x 8")

Philosophical Trees (2004-2005):

Bound and Unbound (2004, 58 x 38"): full image, detail. Collection: Arlene Stein.
Bound (2005, 20 x 16"). Collection: Eileen Myles.
Celestial Mechanics (2005, 50 x 44"): full image, detail 1, detail 2
Diving into the Wreck (2005, 52 x 68"). Collection: Leslie Scalapino and Tom White.
Petite Noir (2006, 10 x 10"). Collection: Joan McClusky and Ted Greenwald.
Roots and Branches (2004, 54 x 50"): full image, detail 1, detail 2
The Island (2005, 38 x 48"). Collection: Peter Gizzi and Elizabeth Willis.
The Rescue (2005, 28 x 22"). Collection: Bob Perelman and Francie Shaw.
Tree of Lost Dreams (2004, 40 x 50"): full image, detail 1, detail 2
Tree Tease (2005, 16 x 20"). Collection: Robert C. Morgan.

Selected Paintings (1997-2005):

Aloha (1997, 50 x 68")
Amor Perdido (2002, 20 x 24”). Collection: Peter and Meredith Quartermain.
Arabesque (2002, 58 x 40”): full image, detail 1, detail
The Bell Cracked (1997, 58 x 48”)
Beware the Lady (1999, 50 x 40”)
Fleurs de Mal (2003, 58 x 36"): full image, detail 1, detail 2
Fox (cover of Adrienne Rich book, 2001). Collection: Nick Piombino and Toni Simon.
Her Candle Burns Hot (1999, 48 x 34”)
Human or Inhuman? (2003, 20 x 24")
Ice Cream Sunday (1998, 48 x 66”)
Love is a Gentle Whip (1999, 36 x 48")
Miss Dynamite (2001, 50 x 34”)
See No Evil (2001, 25 x 16")
Sign Under Test (with poems by Charles Bernstein) (2002, 34 x 52): full image, detail 1, detail 2
Sojourner's Truth (2000, 16 X10”). Collection: Erica Hunt and Marty Ehrlich.
Sprung Monuments (with poems by Charles Bernstein) (2000, 50 x 56”): full image, detail 1, detail 2
Weird Tales (2001, 50 x 52”): full image, detail 1, detail
Women Take Over (2005, 20 x 24")

Note: All paintings are oil, or mixed media, and collage on linen.

Selected Early Paintings (1981-1984) (oil on linen):

City Lights (1981, 50 x 38")
Doomed to Win, (1983, 50 x 54")
Dousing the Fire (1981, 50 x 46")
Fighters (1983, 64 x 48")
Framing the Rosenbergs (1983, 28 x 32")
Marsden Hartley Meets Wonder Woman (1983, 30 x 20"). Collection: Jon Friedman.
Mr Bugs Goes to Town (1983, 24 x 36")
Odalisque (1983, 50 x 68")
Otranto (1984, 40 x 50")
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Pig, (1983, 50 x 60"). Collection: Abigail Child.
The Postman Rings Twice (1987, 50 x 40"). Collection: Jesse Ausubel.
The Quarrel (1983, 12 x 12")
Winged Flight ( 1982, 60 x 52")

Books/Collaborations

The Burning Babe & Other Poems, with poems by Jerome Rothenberg (Granary Books, 2005): complete book (pdf); page 1, page 9, page 12, page 13, page 17, page 19, page 26, page 30, page 31, page 35
A Girl's Life, with writing by Johanna Drucker and collaborative design (Granary Books, 2002): page 5, page 43
Bed Hangings, with poems by Susan Howe (Granary Books, 2001): image 1, image 2
Log Rhythms, with poems by Charles Bernstein (Granary Books, 1998) (complete book at UBU)
Little Orphan Anagram, with poems by Charles Bernstein (Granary Books, 1997) (excerpts from Riding the Meridian)
Talespin (Granary Books, 1995)
Fool 's Gold, with poems by Charles Bernstein (Chax Press, 1991)
The Nude Formalism, with poems by Charles Bernstein (Other Voices, e-edn., 2006; Sun & Moon, 1989) Pages: Title page,"Gosh"
The Occurrence of Tune, with poems by Charles Bernstein (Segue, 1981) (complete book on Eclipse)
Johnny June, with poem by Charles Bernstein (1971)
Marat/Sade poster (1970)

Drawings

Editor (with Mira Schor)

Artist's Statements

Interviews and Talks

Complicit! web site
Complicit! interview with Susan Bee
Elizabeth Licata, Interview with Susan Bee (1999)
James Shivers interview on collaboration with Susan Bee & Charles Bernstein,
(M/E/A/N/I/N/G Online, 2003)
Susan Bee and Johanna Drucker, Bowery Poetry Club (May 5, 2007)

Reviews & Catalog Essays

Joshua Cohen, "For This Mother and Daughter, The Family Business Is Culture," Forword (2006)
Holland Cotter on M/E/A/N/I/N/G in Arts Journal (2003)
Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle, "Susan Bee," in Brooklyn Rail (May 2007)
Johanna Drucker, "Seeing Double: Miriam Laufer and Susan Bee" (catalog essay, 2006)
Johanna Drucker, "She'll Get Hers," Art Papers (1998)
Jonathan Goodman in Art in America (2006)
Jonathan Goodman in Art in America (1998)
Thomas McEvilley in Art in America (2000)
Robert C. Morgan, "Susan Bee and Miriam Laufer: Seeing Double" in Brooklyn Rail (2006)
Tim Peterson on Night A.I.R. with Bernstein/Bee & Perelman/Shaw (2006)
Tim Peterson on Susan Bee & Charles Bernstein image/text talk at the Analagous Series (2004)
Raphael Rubinstein on M/E/A/N/I/N/G in Art in America (2002)
David Shapiro, “Susan Bee: The Only Empress in a Dark Time” (catalog essay, 2001)
Ron Silliman on "Seeing Double" (Jan. 24, 2006)
Misko Suvakovic, "Painting After Painting: The Paintings of Susan Bee" from M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology (2000)
Eileen Tabios in Review.com (2000)
Chris Tysh on A Girl's Life (from Metro Times, 2002)
John Yau, "Beware the Lady" (catalog essay, 2000)

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