Susan Ritter. Art as catalyst for social change.

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since 2/8/98

Art as catalyst for social change.

Susan Ritter. ARRRRRT.

(no, that is not a misspelling, it is how you saay eet)

TIMES SQUARE INSTALLTION: I was invited to do a window installation in Times Square, an opportunity that is a true integration of my vision for art to saturate the publics' eye. The location, as seen below, was in the heart of the Times Square, with a minimum exposure to 30,000 passersby daily. More...

FALL 2005 PROJECT SOHO, NY:
Working with an alternative thinker in SOHO has created
an opportunity to publicly show work to an audience of
cars and chaos.

My work deals with humanity - or my humanity - responding to the chaos in which we live. My work is a direct reflection to concerns of social inequities and power abuses, waged both by individuals and
organizations, consolidations of wealth, power and money, the appearance that consumerism has
become our collective identity, the gotta-get-me-mine attitude, a concern for the conservative direction of our society and a lack of vision from our public at large. Under the belief that art has the power to communicate on many levels, many layers, I attempt to communicate a sense of fear, frustration, disillusionment, fragmentation, isolation, sadness. And hope. Endless hope.

I maintain the position that art represents the uniqueness of the independent vision, with images, ideas and positions that transcend the offensive barrage of the commercial image and thought. I also believe that the act of creating, be it through science, engineering, dance, social work, writing, singing - or any venue of creating - provides the creator with an unparalleled personal strength with freedom to develop their own benchmark, their own yardstick, their own validators.