Susan Rothenberg broke from the dominance of 1970s abstraction with large, spare paintings of horses built from blunt contours and divided grounds. Later work expanded to figures, hands, animals and memory while retaining a physical, searching brushwork.
Painting; drawing
Artist Films
Susan Rothenberg in “Memory” - Season 3 | “Art in the Twenty-First Century"
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Major Works
- 1976Butterfly
- 1976Mondrian Dancing
- 1976Cabin Fever
- 1987Blue U-Turn
- 1993Maggie's Ponytail
- 1996Galisteo Creek
- 1993Accident #2
- 1974–79Horse Paintings
- 2008Spinning
- 2000sRed Studio
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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