Susan Aberth

Edith C. Blum Professor of Art History

Primary Academic Program: Art History

Academic Expertise: Art History

Area of Specialization: Surrealism

Biography: Education: BA, University of California, Los Angeles; MA, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; PhD, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.



Honors and awards include the Bard Research Council Award (2008) for work on Czech surrealist Toyen, and a Professional Development Fellowship, the College Art Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities (2000–01).



Publications: Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy, and Art (Lund Humphries, London and in Spanish by Turner, Madrid 2004).



Teaching Interests: Latin American Art, African Art, Outsider Art, Various aspects of religious art including African religious practices in the Americas. Other interests include art of the occult and alchemy, spiritualism in the United States and elsewhere, freemasonry and fraternal organizations, visionary and outsider art, and art dealing with death and mourning.

Interests:

• Research Interests: All Latin American art; Czech modernism and surrealism; surrealism with an emphasis on women artists; African religious practices in the Americas; 20th-century Mexican art
• Teaching Interests: Latin American art, African art, Islamic art; religious art and practices
• Other Interests: Art of the occult and alchemy; Spiritualism in the United States; Freemasonry and other fraternal organizations; art dealing with death, memorials, and mourning; outsider art, Art Brut, visionary art

Contact:

Phone: 845-758-6822 x7126
Email:
Location: Fisher Annex
Office: Room 113