Susan Hauptman’s haunting self-portraits repeatedly explore the theme of identity while demonstrating her technical mastery of drawing. For the past twenty years, she has focused almost exclusively on self-representation, documenting the aging process with attentive honesty. Her surreal use of light and color, the large scale, and juxtaposition of symbolic elements produces psychologically charged portraits.
The Artist
A native of Michigan, Susan Hauptman is one of America’s most sought-after teachers of drawing, and conducts workshops throughout the States. She has had two solo exhibits in New York’s Forum Gallery, is the recipient of numerous awards, and her work is the subject of many articles. She has work in major collections in the US, including the Museum of Modern Art, NY and the Corcoran Gallery, DC.
The self-portraits were begun in the early 1980’s as a communiqué for her husband while they were living on opposite sides of the country. Over the past 20 years, they have unfolded as a chronicle of her identity as a woman, and of the aging process that most people prefer to ignore rather than document. ( Avampato online Gallery )
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