Susan Magnus: IMAGEAFTER

GARRISON ART CENTER
September 21, 2024 - October 27, 2024

Susan Magnus: IMAGEAFTER is an exhibition of works created by the artist in response to photographs and artifacts she inherited after the cognitive decline and death of her mother. Reflecting on these bequests, she found the vulnerability and deterioration of the pre-digital snapshots emblematic of the fleeting nature of memory and the inevitability of loss. Moreover, her mother’s treasured objects—some pristine, others in disrepair—were not only a source of recollection but insistent reminders of the fugitive nature of all things. Initially, exploring this vernacular material was a way for the artist to process grief and past events. In time, it inspired a body of work in which she appropriates and transforms pictures and possessions to create enigmatic, alternative visual experiences.