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① Artwork:
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In this artwork, bold, vibrant colors composed of irregular squares create an overlapping grid-like pattern. Each square is filled with alternating vertical stripes in contrasting hues, producing a visually rhythmic effect.
Susan Janow creates work across various media, including drawing, ceramics, and video. Her methodical and meditative drawings begin with an open grid she meticulously fills in with graphic lines and bright colors to create patterns and forms with an expressive, linear rhythm.
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③ Artist:
Susan Janow creates work across various media, including drawing, ceramics, and video. Her methodical and meditative drawings begin with an open grid she meticulously fills in with graphic lines and bright colors to create patterns and forms with an expressive, linear rhythm. Her best-known work, Questions (2018), is a 10-minute single-channel video that shifts between standard interview-like questions and personal inquiries.
Susan Janow was born in 1980 in San Francisco, CA, and has been a Creative Growth artist since 2003.
Janow’s video work is in the permanent collection at the Brooklyn Museum and SFMOMA, and her work on paper is in the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France.