Susan Bee's New Paintings at A.I.R. Gallery and Collaboration with Charles Bernstein
From May 25 to June 19, 2011, A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn will host Susan Bee's solo exhibition titled 'Recalculating: New Paintings.' A painter and book artist based in New York City, Bee presents hand-drawn and collaged interpretations of excerpts from 'Before You Go,' a poem by Charles Bernstein composed in July and August 2010, dedicated to their daughter Emma, who passed away in 2008. Bernstein, a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, will also commemorate his book 'Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions' on June 11 from 4-6 pm at A.I.R. Gallery. Bee has worked with Bernstein on five books, created 13 artist's books, co-edited 'M/E/A/N/I/N/G' with Mira Schor, and teaches at the School of Visual Arts.
Key facts
- Susan Bee's solo show 'Recalculating: New Paintings' runs from May 25 to June 19, 2011, at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn.
- Bee created hand-drawn and collaged settings of excerpts from Charles Bernstein's poem 'Before You Go,' written in July and August 2010.
- Bernstein dedicated the poem to their daughter Emma, who died in 2008, at a reading at Maison de Poesie in Paris, France.
- Bee and Bernstein have collaborated on five books and several paintings, starting with 'Johnny June' in 1971.
- Bee has produced 13 artist's books with collaborators including Susan Howe, Johanna Drucker, Regis Bonvicino, and Jerome Rothenberg.
- Bee co-edited 'M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artist’s Writings, Theory, and Criticism' with Mira Schor (Duke University Press, 2000).
- Charles Bernstein will host a book party for 'Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions' on June 11, 2011, at A.I.R. Gallery in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
- Bernstein teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and is co-director of PennSound.
Entities
Artists
- Susan Bee
- Charles Bernstein
- Emma Bee Bernstein
- Susan Howe
- Johanna Drucker
- Regis Bonvicino
- Jerome Rothenberg
- Mira Schor
Institutions
- A.I.R. Gallery
- Granary Books
- Sun and Moon
- Duke University Press
- University of Pennsylvania
- PennSound
- University of Chicago
- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Factory School
- Chicago Press
- School of Visual Arts
- Yaddo
- Virginia Center for the Arts
- NEA
- NYSCA
- Art in America
- Art News
- The Forward
- The New York Times
- Art Papers
- The Brooklyn Rail
- Maison de Poesie
Locations
- New York City
- Brooklyn
- Dumbo
- Provincetown
- Paris
- France
- United States