Susi Kramer

Of the various materials she uses, acrylic glass is the one she enjoys working with most. Having discovered it only some years ago, she has since made it the mainstay of her art. While initially, she simply cast single color fields and figures into acrylic glass objects, she began in short order to integrate many-layered surfaces into her pieces. That innovation enabled viewing straight through the piece and the generation of three-dimensional images that, depending on the light conditions and perspective, come to vibrant life. Her work becomes increasingly complex, as towering steles, friezes, and cubes are the matrix into which three-dimensional objects are embedded. Despite the artist’s increased demands on technology, production, and creative power, the works never forfeit any of their cheery playfulness, and the steles stand like proud pictogram-decorated obelisks in the landscape. Susi Kramer is keenly interested in manufacturing technologies and experiments with forms and materials. Just so, a piece of fine tulle or organic materials – such as gold-painted boxwood twigs, small bones from a archeological dig, or autumn leaves – might suddenly appear in her vocabulary.