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2022 YNY HOPE/LESS, a group show
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Armenian Public Radio, Review of “nothers” - In Armenian with a bit of English (2010)
“nothers” Exhibit, Youth On Line Armenia (2010)
Review of “nothers” Henaran Armenia, in Armenian (2010)
Review of “nothers” Aravot Armenia, in Armenian (2010)
Golos Armenii (Armenian Voice) In Russian with English translation (2010)
“nothers” Exhibit, Arit Armenia (2010)
"Nothers: another/other-ի փոխակերպություն»` ՆԱՄ-ում", Aysor on-line (2010)
"nothers: variation of another/nother", Naregatsi Art Institute News (2010)
"nothers: variation of another/nother" Art and Cultural Studies Laboratory, ACSL (2010)
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“Still Lives” and the Women of the 23 Souls (2009)
“still lives” Charles E. Culpeper Gallery Abrons Art Center-Henry Street Settlement (2009)
Lilith Magazine, “Feminist Funerals” by Amy Stone: an excerpt (Summer 2009)
TheArtConspiracy Gallery Korea NYC (2008)
Heart As Arena: Here In My Car, Brent Burket (2008) See paragraph 2
Letter to the Editor “Repulsive Censorship”, The SandPaper (2008)
Letter to the Editor “Repulsive Censorship CONTINUED, The SandPaper (2008)
The SandPaper. Disturbing Art Hidden Behind the Curtain at New LBIF Exhibit pg 21 (2008)
The SandPaper, CONTINUED, Disturbing Art Hidden Behind the Curtain at New LBIF Exhibit , page 28 (2008)
edward winkleman “I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts (or An Exhibition space’s Responsibilities with Regards to Potentially Offensive Materials)” (2008)
Heart As Arena by Brent Burket. “Hiding the Bodies in our Backyard” (2008)
james wagner “not my voice” (2008)
james wagner Susan Dessel’s Our Backyard censored by gallery (2008)
Art work CENSORED by the Long Beach Island Foundation for Arts & Sciences (2008)
Arts, Briefly NY TIMES City Settles Art Dispute (2007)
Apology by City on Art, NY SUN (2007)
Press release ACCESS:A Feminist Perspective
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MTAA: Dessel heads Barry Hoggard’s 2006 TOP 10
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Tom Moody’s Review: “The photo is good but doesn’t do justice to seeing the work in person …”
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Co-curator James Wagner discusses OUR BACKYARD…
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May 7, 2008
For Immediate Release 7 May 2008
Art work CENSORED by the Long Beach Island Foundation for Arts & Sciences
Exhibit up through May 19, 2008
NYC-based artist Susan C. Dessels installation OUR BACKYARD: A Cautionary Tale, on view in the current Artist Residency exhibit at the Long Beach Island Foundation, has been walled off from the rest of the gallery. To protect inadvertent viewers those who venture to view the work in the enclosed area must first step across signage warning them that the piece may be upsetting or offensive.
In keeping with Artist-In-Residence Desi Minchillos theme of art created post-9/11, Dessel received an invitation to exhibit her installation in the current show. On the eve of the exhibits May 3rd opening, LBIF Interim Executive Director Chris Seiz was advised by some LBIF members that they found the piece offensive and were considering ending their support of LBIF.
The solution was to install curtained walls more than 6 high around the piece. Dessel states, OUR BACKYARD: A Cautionary Tale was an opportunity for me to re-imagine the world as I understand it: our shared backyard. Despite the expression in my work of dispiriting conditions, underlying the work is a robust sense of hope that it might encourage viewers to consider their own role in transforming the community — local and global — through their actions and inaction. LIBFs transformation of the piece has turned Dessels intention on its head, reflecting containment and cutting ourselves off from the outside world.
OUR BACKYARD: A Cautionary Tale was first exhibited as a site-specific installation for the Dam Stuhltrager Gallery sculpture garden, Williamsburg (Brooklyn) NY in 2006. It was conceived in response to wide-spread images of violent death in many parts of the world. The limitation of the artists expression in the current show raises new issues about the role of art in our society.
The Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts & Sciences will celebrate its 60th anniversary this fall. Established to promote the arts and sciences, its Mission states We accomplish the goal by enlightening, educating, and stimulating thought, by discussion about current trends in the arts and sciences . This recent action challenges the stated goals.
Dessels participation in the LBIF exhibit was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (NYC).
See WORKS 2008 in this web site for images.
For more information contact Susan Dessel, at 917-817-4964 or by e-mail at scd@desselstudio.net.
Location: Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences
120 Long Beach Blvd. Loveladies, New Jersey 08008. Tel: 609-494-1241.
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday 9am – 4pm and Saturdays 9am – 3pm.
Art work CENSORED by the Long Beach Island Foundation for Arts & Sciences (2008)