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Sue Chenoweth – Predator and Prey (Curator, Producer)
Ted Decker Catalyst Space, Bragg’s Pie Factory, Phoenix, Arizona USA
February 6 – March 8, 2009
A high-water mark of Phoenix spring 2008 exhibitions was Sue Chenoweth – Predator and Prey. The exhibition, accompanied by a four-color catalog with an essay by Kathleen Vanesian, designed by Eddie Shea, and published by Sue Chenoweth, Ted Decker, and Catalyst Publications, showcased an exhilarating body of work made by the Phoenix artist during the previous three years.
In spite of the seemingly chaotic and experimental nature of her work, Chenoweth employs a strong foundation of art history, technical knowledge, and formal-gone-wild approach to making art. Each mark she makes is deliberately considered, instinctual, and functions as a reciprocal motion between the work and her. The compelling, elegantly abstracted, and at once exquisite and horrifying works created for Sue Chenoweth - Predator and Prey are described by Vanesian in her catalog essay as “unforgettable paintings (which) have baited and snared the savage beauty born in the ceaseless cycle of raw survival. (They examine) chaotic elements forged into the unbroken chain of sex, birth, and death.”
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Timothy Treadwell, 2007
Gouache, graphite, Letraset, model railroad turf, model railroad flocking, and Pantone paper on paper
30 x 44”
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Cache: Not to Scale, 2006
Gouache, graphite, Letraset, model railroad turf, model railroad flocking, Pantone paper, and pompon on paper
30 x 44”
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Upper Kaflia Lake, 2006
Gouache, graphite, Letraset, model railroad turf, model railroad flocking, Pantone paper, and pompon on paper
30 x 44”
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Great White Seal Kill, 2006
Gouache, graphite, Letraset, model railroad flocking, and Pantone paper on paper
30 x 44”
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Farallon Islands, 2006
Gouache, graphite, Letraset, model railroad turf, model railroad flocking, Pantone paper, and pompon on paper
30 x 44”
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Scad Mackerel and Great White, 2007
Gouache, acrylic, Letraset, and Pantone paper on paper
58 x 50”
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Pollard and Ramsdell on the 94th Day, February 23, 1821, 2007
Gouache, acrylic, ink, Letraset, pompon, and Pantone paper on paper
30 x 44”
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The Ramming of the Whale Ship Essex, 2007
Gouache, acrylic, ink, Letraset, model railroad flocking, Pantone paper on paper
30 x 44”
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“Where in the Bottomless Deeps Could He Find the Torn Limbs of his Brother?” M.D., 2007
Gouache, acrylic, ink, graphite, Letraset, and Pantone paper on paper
30 x 44"
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The Last Voyage of the Whale Ship Essex: 1819, 2007
Gouache, acrylic, ink, graphite, Letraset, model railroad turf, model railroad flocking, Pantone paper on paper
30 x 44”
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“Let the Fish in the Sea Inform You”, 2008
Gouache, acrylic, graphite, Letraset, and Pantone paper on paper
58 x 50”
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Bethlehem Hospital, 2008
Gouache, acrylic, graphite, ink, Letraset, and Pantone paper on mulberry paper
15.5 x 20.5”
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Ship of Fools, 2008
Gouache, acrylic, graphite, ink, Letraset, and Pantone paper on mulberry paper
15.5 x 20.5”
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Bedlam, 2008
Gouache, acrylic, graphite, ink, Letraset, and Pantone paper on mulberry paper
15.5 x 20.5”
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I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff, 2008
Gouache, acrylic, graphite, ink, Letraset, and Pantone paper on mulberry paper
15.5 x 20.5”
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Hero Fools, 2008
Gouache, acrylic, graphite, ink, Letraset, and Pantone paper on birch panel
30 x 30”
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Walking Towards Bethlehem, 2008
Gouache, acrylic, graphite, ink, Letraset, and Pantone paper on birch panel
30 x 30”
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The Hero’s Dance, 2008
Acrylic, Graphite, Acrylic Vinyl, Model Railroad Flock, Letraset, and Pantone paper on birch panel
30 x 30”
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Cheshire, 2008
Monoprint
17 x 11” (image size)
Printed December 15-17, 2008 with Master Printer John Armstrong, Armstrong-Prior, Inc., Phoenix,
with grant support from Ensemble DevMan of Arizona for its Art Program Monoprint Project
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World and Sea View, 2008
Monoprint
17 x 11” (image size)
Printed December 15-17, 2008 with Master Printer John Armstrong, Armstrong-Prior, Inc., Phoenix,
with grant support from Ensemble DevMan of Arizona for its Art Program Monoprint Project
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