VCUarts Anderson Gallery
2002-2003 EXHIBITIONS

Susan Iverson
"Horizon -Dreaming the River God"
2001
Tapestry – linen & silk
24" x 63" x 3"
Photo: Taylor Dabney

"My tapestries are about memories and dreams, they deal with the past and the future–both real and imagined. The "Horizon" series is specifically about that distant line between land and sky or water and sky. That horizon may never be reached, but it can provoke thoughts of another time or place. My most recent tapestries include the silhouette of an anonymous figure, who is part of the landscape itself. While tapestry is a traditional technique for weaving flat images, I also employ a pulled warp technique to achieve the undulating or folded surfaces. The tapestries are woven primarily with linen and silk. Some of the weft yarns, both silk and linen, are painted with dye in order to get a woven surface that is rich and varied."

-- Susan Iverson

Susan Iverson
"Horizon – Long Road Home"
2002
Tapestry – wool, linen & silk
68" x 40" x 1.5"
Photo: Taylor Dabney

When thinking of Fiber Art, Susan Iverson’s contemporary tapestry weavings are certain to come to mind. Precision woven, impeccably designed, beautifully hand dyed wool, silk and linen and innovative, inventive compositions featuring dramatic, sculptural three-dimensionality. Iverson is a full professor, teaching since 1975 in Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, Crafts Department. She is represented in this exhibition by the Horizon series that includes new works created over the past two years.




Susan Iverson
"Horizon – Dreams II"
2001
Tapestry – linen & silk
23.5" x 35.5" x 4"
Photo: Katherine Wetzel

Susan Iverson’s work is intelligent and highly sophisticated. She works on a level of control and beauty that ranks her among the nation’s leading fiber artists. Iverson has demonstrated over the years, a standard of consistent quality that speaks of her dedication to her art form and her love for the challenges it affords.

Ted Potter,
Director, Anderson Gallery