Black Forest VIII

Susan Moss

1977

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Abstract painting featuring thick vertical bands of color. — Moss’s Black Forest series is perhaps her best-known work. The seventeen acrylic and Rhoplex (a water-based acrylic emulsion) paintings feature thick vertical shapes and boldly colored stripes. They are dedicated to the memory of her grandparents, who died in the Holocaust in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Credits

Robert A. Rowan Collection, Pasadena, California. Photo by Grant Taylor. Courtesy of the artist and Robert A. Rowan Collection.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 10.

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Creator Bio

Susan Moss is a Los Angeles–based painter whose work is found in hundreds of private and public collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Skirball Museum and Cultural Center, and the Laguna Museum of Art. The Black Forest series was conceived as a tribute to her grandparents, who died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Moss is also the author of Survive Cancer! A Natural Approach to Healing and Prevention (2009).