Susan Crile facts for kids

Susan Crile (born 1942) is an American painter and printmaker. She is known for creating art that explores important social and political topics.

About Susan Crile

Early Life and Education

Susan Crile was born in 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio. She went to Bennington College and finished her studies there in 1965.

In 1972, Susan Crile was interviewed by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. This was an important step in documenting her work. In the same year, her picture was part of a famous poster called Some Living American Women Artists, created by Mary Beth Edelson.

Art with a Message

Susan Crile's art often deals with serious political themes. For example, some of her paintings are based on images from the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. These images showed difficult situations after the 2003 U.S. invasion.

Her artworks from this series often show figures without faces. They are painted in colors like reddish or grayish mud tones. These colors might remind you of clay, slate, or dust. The people in her paintings are sometimes outlined in ghostly white chalk. This makes them look like important symbols of people who faced hard times.

In 2017, Crile created a three-part art series. This series looked at challenging situations within the prison system. Her artwork showed difficult conditions prisoners faced. For example, some pieces showed people in small spaces. The goal of her art was to bring attention to the harsh ways prisoners were treated. This art was shown in the Lukacs and Experimental Space Galleries at Loyola Hall.

Where Her Art Is Seen

Susan Crile's artwork is part of many important collections. You can find her pieces in places like the Albright–Knox Art Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Phillips Collection. Her art is also held by the Brooklyn Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

See also

• Aerial landscape
• Protest art