| METAL SCULPTURE by SUZANNE BENTON |
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| Suzanne Benton is seated on the steps of Throne of the Sunqueen, bronze and Cor- Ten steel 105 x 44 x 45 in. |
Menorah (Sabbath and Channukah-two extra branches fit on and off), bronze, 110 x 58 x 50 in
| Beloved, welded steel, polyurethane coat, 79x18 x 14 inches, two views |
| Tower II (from I AM A WOMAN Theater Set), copper coated steel, 9’5'x13”x10’5”-two views Queens College Rosenthal library CUNY collection |
| Suzanne Benton has created over 700 welded metal sculpture works and masks. With a BA from Queens College (CUNY) as a Fine Arts major, Benton went on to study welded sculpture at the Silvermine School of Art, New Canaan, CT in 1965. Her final metal masks, created in 1996. were carried to Sarajevo and Zenica, Bosnia where Benton led a series of mask and story workshops for mainly refugee women and youth. Early on, Benton described her fascination with the welding process: "I found my medium, the welding torch, the great transformer. It brought me into a cosmic world. I had to live in that sphere of consciousness every day, watching, making the metal move according to my will, my intuition, my brain; I was enchanted by the repetitive actions and the shapes as they appeared before me." Many of these artworks are in public and private collections worldwide and continue to be placed in prestigious settings. |
Mother and Child, copper coated steel, 16x22x14 in.
| Pelvic Woman, copper coated steel, 20 x 20.5 x 17 in. |
| Delilah as the Sphinx, copper coated steel, 26 x13 x11 inches, front |
| Delilah as the Sphinx, copper coated steel, 26 x13 x11 in., side view |
Throne of the Sunqueen
Rutgers University Alexander Library collection
Rutgers University Alexander Library collection
Transcending Effort, steel, 110 x 15 x 15 inches, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT