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Susan WashingtonSubway Sonnet #151 - Collage Mixed Media Abstract Expressionism Artwork2025
2025
About the Item
The surfaces Susan Washington works with are derived from her memories of the graffitied subway car, public telephone booths, and rolling steel cages that secure neighborhood stores after closing. In her paintings, she strives to emulate the process by which these metallic surfaces have become the backdrop for the graphic history of the neighborhoods and the people who lived there. Washington's paintings are visual narratives of my experiences, of love, of places, of emotions, and of memories, she recalls from growing up in New York in the 1980s.
This 36-inch tall by 60-inch wide original oil, spray paint, and collage artwork is on canvas. Icons from the world’s religions and philosophies, pictures torn from art and fashion magazines, and references to lyrics from the artist's favorite bands find their way onto the canvas. It is signed by the artist on the back of the artwork. Free delivery is available for those in the local Los Angeles area, and affordable worldwide shipping is available for US and international art collectors. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Susan Washington grew up in Brooklyn in a creative family. Her Japanese godmother taught her sumi ink painting when she was seven. This was the beginning of a life involved in art and fashion. Susan worked in the fashion industry in New York for 15 years before relocating to the Pocono Mountains. Washington relocated to Baltimore in April of 2021 where she has a large studio on W. Pratt Street. Along with continuing to explore her Subway Sonnet’s body of work, Susan is commissioned for large-scale paintings and works closely with designers on residential and hospitality design projects.
“My paintings feel as if they have been created by random collaboration in the same way public telephone booths and trains quickly filled up with stickers and graffiti. The surface is archaeological, stratified with graphic artifacts as some, previously placed, are torn away and others overlaid upon existing iconography. The picture plane is scratched and eroded and scrawled upon. Song lyrics and Shakespearean quotes share the same space with philosophy and street slang. There is rough poetry in the un-painterly rhythm and coarseness of this approach..”
Washington has tied together all the imagery and text to imbue each painting with a particular and specific mantra that ranges from “fame” and “success” to “love” and “prosperity”. She pays homage to post-war American art and the neo-expressionists. Her artworks have been exhibited and collected internationally, including in New York, Los Angeles, and Shanghai. Washington's paintings have also been included in film and motion pictures including The Book Club with Diane Keaton, LA’s Finest, The Morning Show, and The Laundromat.
Artspace Warehouse has been representing and exhibiting Susan Washington's original artworks since 2017. The gallery has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a large selection of affordable original artworks from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artspace Warehouse is known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery.
The gallery's commitment to customer satisfaction means that clients can invest in art with confidence, knowing they have a reputable and established art gallery backing their acquisition. Artspace Warehouse prioritizes our clients' peace of mind by ensuring a seamless and worry-free art-buying experience.
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Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Affordable Art Fair, NYC
2017-23 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Boom! Nitro Gallery
Art She Says Solo Exhibition
Affordable Art Fair Muriel Guepin
414 Light Exhibition
Spring Exhibit at Muriel Guepin Gallery NYC
2019 SOFA CHICAGO with Inspired Interiors
Affordable Art Fair NYC
Market Art & Design Hamptons NY
White Room Gallery All The Pieces
2018 Banana Factory Arts Center Bethlehem, PA
Lachaise Gallery at Cedar Crest University
Connexions Gallery Easton, PA
Brick & Mortar Gallery Easton, PA
2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY
2016 Cherry Bomb, Brick & Mortar Gallery
Esquina NYC
Threads, Solo Exhibition, Connexions Gallery, Easton PA
Abstract Five, Castle Inn Gallery, Delaware Water Gap, PA
Good Company, Brick & Mortar Gallery
2015 Hello Allentown, Re: Find, Allentown, PA
Bethlehem House Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
Dutot Museum, Delaware Water Gap, PA
Atkinson Art Center, Southport, United Kingdom
Untraveled, Pocono Theater, East Stroudsburg, PA
Connexions Gallery, Spring Show, Easton, PA
Degrees of Abstraction, Group Show, Stroudsburg, PA
2014-15 Connexions Gallery, Easton, PA
2014 Art Space Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
Listen With Your Eyes, Castle Inn Gallery, Delaware Water Gap, PA
Les Art, Stroudsburg, PA
The Living Room group show, Stroudsburg PA
Castle Inn Gallery, Delaware Water Gap, PA
2013 Palette of Petals, Soho In The Burg, Stroudsburg, PA
The Red Show, Backstreet Studio, Stroudsburg PA
- Creator:Susan Washington (1965, American)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 60 in (152.4 cm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
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- Gallery Location:Los Angeles, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: ARTSPACE WAREHOUSE_WASHINGTON_SUBWAY SONNET #1511stDibs: LU42616128682
Susan Washington
A strong narrative runs through Susan Washington's work with references to her long involvement with collage, textiles, fashion, and art. She comes from a family of artists and by age 5 Susan was tutored in the art of origami and Sumi ink drawing by her Japanese godmother as well as watercolors from her father. She spent her teens deconstructing dressmaking as a punk fashionista. Washington then landed on 5th Avenue working at Dior and Nautica. Gravitating to the oeuvres of Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, and Joan Mitchell, Washington has continued to push boundaries, re-inventing her work with each new piece while continuing to maintain the cohesive thread that creates her signature look.
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