Plastic Critters and Suture Landscapes
"Treed Kitty" by Susan Arthur-WhitsonIn a majority of her photographs on display at "YO" Susan uses little plastic animals as protagonists of her visual narratives. She allows these (often realistic) creatures to guide her to a particular shooting location which, based on existing lighting and shadows, leads the viewer to notice an environment of mystery and imaginative possibilities. Susan's saturated colors result from "conventional in camera effects" used to manipulate the scene. In her own words, Susan says she fuses "the real world with my imagination, I create places to visit that didn’t exist before. I like to think that these are unique places hiding in plain sight." You will notice her larger "animal" and lansdcape prints to be visual roadmaps of frozen memories and living environments that reflect a vision of life from an ant's or child's point of view. Susan's photographs give life to inanimate objects and dare the viewer to relive and reinvent memories of playing with toys and creating world's hidden "in plain sight". Susan's photographs will go on display June15 and are for sale. Opening reception at Yo Gallery 113 N. 23rd St., Phila. June15 @ 6pm
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