Susan Silas – Hyperallergic

As a new exhibition at Hauser & Wirth demonstrates, part of Szapocznikow’s extraordinary accomplishment as an artist was her ability to represent what many after World War II felt was unrepresentable.

Author Archives: Susan Silas

Peeling Back the Layers of Alina Szapocznikow’s Bodily Sculptures

The Understudied History of Enslaved Women in Colonial Cape Town

Inspired by Photos Taken by His Murdered Father, an Artist Offers an Eloquent View of Memory and Trauma

Walid Raad Uses Fact and Fiction to Tell a Powerful History of Beirut

Remembering Barbara Hammer, Who Envisioned Spaces for Women to Be Themselves

Martha Wilson Tries on Prescribed Female Roles, from Housewife to First Lady

Remembering Robert F. Kennedy’s Funeral Train, 50 Years Later

Childbirth and Menstruation in Defiant Art by Latin American Women

Barbara Hammer Refuses the Male Gaze in 1970s Photographs

With a Wall of Photos, Bernadette Mayer Evokes a Landscape of Memories

Botticelli’s Venuses and Our Enduring Need for Beauty

Incorporating Photography into Art History, Starting with August Sander