audio recording of interview at A.I.R. Gallery
Susan Bee in Conversation with Kat Griefen, April 6, 2025
A.I.R. Gallery (Brooklyn)
In conjunction with Bee's exhibition Days of Awe: New Paintings:
on view until April 20.
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Images discussed in program, in the order they are mentioned (with timestamp):
9:53-11:25 The Egg and I
(2024, oil and enamel on linen, 30” x 24”)
14:46 Countryside Trimurti
(2024, oil, sand on canvas, 48” x 36”)
15:09 Sunflower Ganesha
(2024, oil on canvas, 48” x 30”)
15:54 Pastorale
(2024, oil, enamel on linen 38” x 50”)
16:35 Kali Unleashed
(2024, oil and enamel on linen, 30” x 24”)
17:08 Rajasthan
(2024, oil on linen, 50” x 32”)
18:58 Elephant of the Clouds
(2024, oil on linen, 48” x 36”)
19:25 Days of Awe
(2023, oil on linen, 30” x 40”)
21:05 Ganesha in Bloom
(2024, oil on linen, 24” x 30”)
24:20 Beat the Devil
(2025, oil on canvas, 16” x 12”)
25:07 Provincetown Catalog
A 68-page catalog with essays by Johanna Drucker, John Yau, and Raphael Rubinstein is available.
25:41 Books
Off-World Fairy Tales, with stories by Johanna Drucker (Litmus Press, 2020)
Fabulas Feminae with design and text by Johanna Drucker (Litmus Press, 2015)
Talespin (Granary Books, 1995)
27 Bed Hangings, with poems by Susan Howe (Granary Books, 2001): image 1, image 2
28 Apocalypse Series
Shofar Call
(2023, oil and enamel on linen, 24” x 30”)
Storm Surge
(2023, oil and enamel on linen, 24” x 36”)
Mirror Image
(2023, oil and enamel on linen, 24” x 36”)
30:58 Winged Embrace
(2025, oil, enamel, sand on linen, 24” x 30”)
31 Angel’s Revenge
(2025, oil and enamel on canvas, 16” x 12”)
31:54 The Chalk Cliffs
(2012, 30" x 24", oil on canvas)
32 Elegy
(2024, oil, enamel, sand on linen, 30” x 24”)
33:15 Divine Justice
(2025, oil on linen, 20” x 30”)
46 Leporellos: Mysterioso (2025) and Pirouette (2024)
50
Saint Florian Puts Out the Fire
(2023, oil on linen, 18” x 14”)
Saint Bernard Tames the Devil
(2023, oil on linen, 18” x 14”)
Kat Griefen is an art historian, educator, curator, and private dealer. Griefen is co-owner of Accola Griefen Fine Art and Program Coordinator for Gallery and Museum Studies at Queensborough Community College, CUNY. She was the Executive Director of A.I.R. Gallery from 2006 to 2011.
Susan Bee has had eleven solo shows at A.I.R. Gallery. Her first solo museum survey, Susan Bee, Eye of the Storm: Selected Works 1981-2023 was at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum in 2024. Bee received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts in 2014. She lives in Brooklyn.