5th Day of Christmas Collecting: Suzi Davidoff's Natural World

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory Disney-Britton

Gregory Disney-Britton head's out for church after opening his gift of Suzi Davidoff's "Untitled," 2000; Edition of 45

On the 5th Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, a limited-edition print by Suzi Davidoff. Born in El Paso, Texas in 1952, Davidoff uses found organic materials to explore themes of structure, sustainability, and perception of the natural world. Davidoff's work is available at Octavia Art Gallery in New Orleans, and included in the museum collections of two favorites, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Library. Today's gift is from Exquisite Corpse, a suite of eighteen lithographs by visiting artists at the Tamarind Institute.

As a child, Suzi Davidoff used to go driving with her father. They took road trips all throughout the American West, traveling in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California. These experiences, the El Paso artist said, were the earliest intimations of what later inspired her work.

Suzi Davidoff's "Untitled," 2000 (00-374)Two-color lithographPaper Size: 8 1/2 x 11 inchesPaper Type:Collaborating Printer: Erika AdamsEdition of 45

Octavia Art Gallery: Winter Thistles, 1/2015, 2015Charcoal, earth, plant materials52 1/2 × 52 1/2 in

SIMPLIFIED WORLDINSTALLATION VIEW, RUBIN CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTSUTEP, EL PASO, TX2017