Suzie Smith is an artist who works with printmaking and design that expands into sculpture, installation and moving image. Her work incorporates the deconstruction and transformation of objects and materials to create new or multiple meanings. Smith often creates systems and structures for her process that act as a tool to build, take apart and push against. To Break and To Build (Hammers) is part of a larger series titled Construction Paper. In this series, Smith creates 2D silkscreen printed patterns that are folded into 3D sculptures. Each printed work is an open edition. The works are shown in multiples and acts a Trompe-l'œil, often tricking the viewer on first glance The work plays ideas of perception as well as dichotomies of strength and weakness.
Suzie Smith is an artist who works with printmaking and design that expands into sculpture, installation and moving image. Her work incorporates the deconstruction and transformation of objects and materials to create new or multiple meanings. Smith often creates systems and structures for her process that act as a tool to build, take apart and push against. To Break and To Build (Hammers) is part of a larger series titled Construction Paper. In this series, Smith creates 2D silkscreen printed patterns that are folded into 3D sculptures. Each printed work is an open edition. The works are shown in multiples and acts a Trompe-l'œil, often tricking the viewer on first glance The work plays ideas of perception as well as dichotomies of strength and weakness.