{"id":430,"date":"2012-08-20T22:20:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T02:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/?p=430"},"modified":"2019-12-24T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T23:00:32","slug":"susan-richards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/artistdirectory\/susan-richards-2","title":{"rendered":"Susan Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNote<\/em>
\n4.25″x6.5″; paper and digital photo; 2012<\/p>\n

Susan Richards<\/strong>
\n Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

My collage became a daily practice in early 2012. I open an old dictionary randomly and pick a section that has a picture. I read the definitions of the pictured word as well as its neighbors and then Google images until I find something that fits the situation and the word(s) I chose. The collages that result are diptychs and sometimes triptychs of associations. I want the viewers’ input to help in solving the puzzle. Eventually I will box the cards and also make a book. In part, my motivation is to create a paean to the disappearance of the printed dictionary. I will miss the serendipitous finds I run into when looking up a word in the “old school” dictionary format.<\/p>\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n

As an artist I am primarily a painter, though I work in many different media. I worked professionally as a bookbinder and conservator at the Boston Athenaeum which gave me a heightened love of all things printed and from another era. I have also worked as an art educator and as a professional portrait painter. Now I make art to answer my own puzzles about what makes up the past, the present and the future. I have shown my work in a variety of venues in Boston, both in academic and professional settings. I am an associate of the Kingston Gallery<\/a> in Boston, and showed examples of my collages in the August exhibition and my paintings in July of this year.<\/p>\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n

[click to email<\/a>]
\nwww.susanrichardsart.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nPlane<\/em>
\n4.25″x6.5″; paper and digital photo; 2012<\/p>\n

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\nIsrael<\/em>
\n4.25″x6.5″; paper and digital photo; 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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