Susan Wides – Voice of Silence

September 28, 2024 – November 10, 2024

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 28, 3–6 PM

Wides’ distilled and wildly Illusionistic photographs are vibrant and powerful images that bring us in and then leave us without equilibrium. There are moments when you think you’re looking at water, leaves, or rocks, but reality goes in and out of your knowledge. The photographs are an interplay of light, water, and foliage, transforming natural phenomena into vibrant, abstract compositions. They are big and beautiful and confounding. There’s no real grounding ourselves through them. Everything shifts. Both her large scale photographs and projected video are an animated meditation in this metaphysical way of letting go.

As Robert Kelly expresses in his poem:

“We have heard, heard of,

the Voice of Silence.

Here is its face—

a tumult of colors

silencing form…”

Voice of Silence invites viewers to reconsider how they see the world, offering a meditative exploration of nature’s quiet beauty and its potential for renewal, while subtly underscoring the urgency of ecological preservation.

About the Artist

Susan Wides has established a renowned career as a photographer and installation artist. Known for her deep engagement with both urban and natural landscapes, her work has been exhibited in over 25 solo shows, including a major retrospective at the Hudson River Museum. Wides’ pieces are held in collections at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Brooklyn Museum, and The Art Museum of Princeton University, among others.