Susie Ganch

Susie Ganch is currently Assistant Professor and Head of the Metals Program at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond Virginia. Her current work explores permeability and interconnectedness. Exhibitions include: The forthcoming Japan Jewelry Art Competition 2008, The Cheongju Biennale (Korea), Chazen Museum (Madison, WI), SOFA Chicago and NYC, Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, MA), John Michael Kohler Art Center (Sheboygan, WI) and The Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC). Susie is a recent recipient of a VCU Faculty Research Grant.  Publications include: Metalsmith: Exhibition in Print, Lark Books’ 500 Necklaces and 500 Bracelets.

"My current work explores permeability and interconnectedness. In particular, the question of objects and their energy, within and surrounding them: does an object end at its visual endpoint, or does it project infinitely into space? With this series of work, I am extending the physical boundary of objects to include both an inner and outer spatial dynamic.  As objects reaching into space, they are connected to everything around them: each piece, from its measured, rigid structure, radiating energy, beyond its ordered plane.  I am also seeking to discover only the essential elements necessary to represent a form or an idea.  The latest two pieces in the series, Reaching and Resting, are anthropomorphic forms which represent opposite physical states of being."

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