Suzanne Seesman
Excercises In Analysis Sketch, 2012, Performance Photograph, Chalk, Chalkboard
Yellow Sweaters For Patricia Lumumba, 2012 , Digital Scan, blue wool sweater, Thiox, yellow Rit dye
Aritst Statement
Often associated with one another, education, intellectualism and radicalism maintain their own languages, tactics and sets of materials. In my most recent work, I mix and match their conditions- applying turn of the century grammar lessons to slogans of the 68 Paris student movement, or juxtaposing kids blocks with paving stones in the construction of a reading fort. I use the work to question, contemplate and- above all- play around with these historically autonomous practices.
For me, art making provides access to alternate logics. I make sculpture, video, collage, performance and drawing with the intention of generating unexpected knowledge. In 22 yellow sweaters for Patricia Lumumba, I attempt to turn 22 blue sweaters yellow in honor of Juliet Berto's character in the 1969 Godard film “Le Gai Savior”. I subject physical objects to wishful thinking with the desire to show or understand the relationship between idealism and disillusionment.