Ongoing
Vivian Suter

Vivian Suter

Presented by Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

Vivian Suter (b. 1949, Buenos Aires, Argentina) works in close partnership with the natural environment surrounding her home and studio in Panajachel, Guatemala. The artist’s first Boston exhibition will feature a single installation filling the galleries with a canopy of color and shapes evocative of this lush setting. Her method often involves moving her canvases between the indoors and outdoors and exposing them to the climate in order to allow nature to comingle with her broad swaths of painted, vivid color. The mud and rain, light through the trees, and animals in the forest work in concert with Suter’s gestural compositions, which are inspired by the surrounding vegetation and landscape. Her installation of layered and suspended canvases invites visitors to discover her unique dialogue with imagined and natural worlds. This exhibition is organized by Ruth Erickson, Mannion Family Curator.

Support for Vivian Suter is generously provided by Fotene Demoulas and Tom Coté and Alan and Vivien Hassenfeld.

Photo by David Regen

Dates & Times

2019/08/21 - 2019/12/31

Location Info

The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston

25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston, MA 02210