EYES WIDE SHUT, 2010

from the series: found birds, 2000 – the present

The series found birds began serendipitously when a sparrow fell dead at my feet on the sidewalk as I was walking home from the gym in Brooklyn. Unable to leave it lying there, I took it home with me. After that incident with the sparrow, I began collecting fallen birds and photographing them in the studio. EYES WIDE SHUT, 2010 is one of many portfolios in this series and was included in a survey exhibition at The University of Kentucky Art Museum. A monograph of this portfolio was published in 2011.

PRESS
EYES WIDE SHUT, Horned Screamer Press, (64 page monograph) 2011
Wood, Eve Susan Silas; CB1 Gallery, Artillery; Killer Text on Art, July 2011
Harnish, Tracey Susan Silas, LA. Art Diary, April 27, 2011
Denson, G. Roger Holocaust and Redemption in the Photography of Susan Silas, Huffington Post, April 5, 2011
Clothier, Peter Art Notes, The Buddha Diaries, April 9, 2011