Susan Hiller

Sisters of Menon 1972


Automatic writing on A4 paper arranged on 4 L-shaped panels with typed labels; 1972
Commentaries on 4 panels, typescript and gouache on paper.
912 x 642 mm and 318 x 230 mm;1979


"...These sheets, crudely marked with words in a straying blue pencil, are mounted on four L-shaped sections to form a cross on the wall, with four pages of cloudy-blue paper with typewritten notes placed on the wall on either side... The work presents a mystery. But in this piece Susan Hiller does not try to solve the mystery in terms of what the words mean, or where they 'come from'. She uses them to reflect on her life from several directions. For example, how is one defined as an individual person? Where are one's edges and limits..."?
Guy Brett, Art Monthly, 1980

 

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