Susan Silton: Diving into the Wreck at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
From September 3 to November 22, 2026, the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery will host "Susan Silton: Diving into the Wreck," an exhibition that highlights more than four decades of her diverse artistic endeavors. The show begins with a title wall that features Adrienne Rich's poem "Diving into the Wreck," published in 1972. Notable pieces on display include "In front of your face" (2026), "You Sound Sexy" (2000), "Life, Drawing" (2014), and "Requiem" (2016/2026). The exhibition also presents The Whistling Project with The Crowing Hens, "everything there is the trace" (2013), and various photography works, while her design projects are showcased in a back gallery. Throughout her career, Silton has worked alongside numerous poets, writers, dancers, and fellow artists.
Key facts
- Exhibition dates: September 3–November 22, 2026
- Venue: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027
- Susan Silton's practice spans more than forty years and multiple media
- In front of your face (2026) is a suspended wrecking ball inscribed with lines from Adrienne Rich's 1972 poem Diving into the Wreck
- The audio in In front of your face is from Al Pacino's speech in the 1999 film Any Given Sunday, reworded to be gender neutral
- Life, Drawing (2014) involved Silton posing as a model at Los Angeles art schools after her 2011 double mastectomy, with drawings by over fifty participants on view
- Requiem (2016/2026) pairs Silton dancing to "Turn the Beat Around" with names of victims of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, FL
- In everything there is the trace (2013) uses ten manual typewriters for inkless retyping of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower (1993)
Entities
Artists
- Susan Silton
- Adrienne Rich
- Al Pacino
- Octavia Butler
- John Steinbeck
Institutions
- Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
- Jeff McLane Studio
- The Crowing Hens
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States
- Orlando
- Florida