Sculpture
Points in Space (2015)
Points in Space, an exhibition of sculptures at THE MISSION, Chicago.
Points in Space features small-scale sculptures that combine intricate paper models of iconic architecture – assembled from found and original patterns – with raw concrete bases resembling everyday infrastructure such as viaducts, columns and bridge supports.
Zizkov Tower and Steeple/tower
2014 | concrete and paper | 24 x 9 x 3.5 inches
Collection of DePaul Art Museum
St. Peter’s Basilica/platform
2014 | Concrete and paper | 8 x 9 x 5.5 inches
Petronas Towers/buttress
2015 | 2.5 x 9 x 3.5 inches
“This desire to capture, manipulate, and own architecture is the driving force behind the scale of Susan Giles’s intricate sculptures. Her miniature buildings mimic the form of a souvenir, allowing a perceived ownership of the architectural forms tourists collect as objects of their travels. Giles gives a tangibility to these buildings formed out of drawing paper, allowing one to imagine they have been manipulated by their own hand, designed for their own home. The sculptures lay perched upon or skewed atop concrete – the materials a balance of potential ideas against the realities of a bleak quotidian material. The concrete reflects the grounding features of a city perpetually passed over by tourists, the viaducts and columns that lay far below the commonly photographed spires, minarets, and antennae that yearn to poke through the sky above. “
-Kate Sierzputowski, THE MISSION