I Spy

Her paintings draw on art history and what she calls “all things formal.” Each line she’s drawn or brushstroke she’s made, she says, is completely subconscious. She wants, as she wrote in a recent artist’s statement, “to remember things without language and explore their primal sensory essence.” But in her new show, artist Sue Chenoweth appears to just want to have fun.

Related Content

• BRB
  October 27, 2011
• Lost City
  October 20, 2011
• Interactive Technology, Sculptural Minimalism, and the Latest Work from Kiki Smith Open Tomorrow at SMoCA
  February 9, 2012
• Season Premiere
  February 9, 2012
• Claire Lawton on How the Mural Scene Boomed but Some Galleries Went Bust
  December 29, 2011

More About

• Sue Chenoweth
• Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
• Metropolitan Arts Institute
• Visual Arts
• Arts, Entertainment, and Media

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Events Newsletter: What's happening in town? From underground club nights to the biggest outdoor festivals, our top picks for the week's best events will always keep you in on the action.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

“Spyhopping: Adventures with Sue Chenoweth and the Permanent Collection” at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art displays new paintings by Chenoweth alongside pieces by other artists from the museum’s own stash. In this diverse collection, Chenoweth, who teaches at the Metropolitan Arts Institute, is drawing on less formal inspiration, including board games (The Game of Goose, anyone?) and something called Spyhopping, an activity of gray whales involving jumping out of the ocean in order to nose around.