Like the silk moths the series is named for, Chineseborn, Pittsburghbased artist Su Su’s Bombyx Paintings quiver with a physical fervor. Thin strands of oil paint in an innumerable amount of colors reach through the silk tulle foundation of each work, forming highlytexturized selfportraits that turn gravity upside down.

The process behind Su Su’s Bombyx Paintings is one of her own invention. Using finetipped syringes filled with oil paint, the artist gingerly injects color through a stretched sheet of silk. At a painstaking pace, Su Su’s compositions come to life via this amalgamation of texture—only visible to the artist through a large mirror laid underneath.

Su Su, "From Your Special Friend" is on view from September 3 to November 5 at Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd Fl. 1.

Video by Ania Bilinska
www.aniabilinska.com
@aniabstudio

Music by Dean Gil Hopper