Susan Barton Exhibits New Art At Facing Walls Exhibition

Facing Walls Exhibition, October 3, 2008-November 29th, 2008 in the Scharpenberg Gallery, DANK-Haus, German Cultural Center, 4740 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL

Gallery hours are from 11am-3pm, Saturdays and are available by appointment during the week. www.dankhaus.com

About DANK Chicago...
DANK Chicago is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting German art, culture, heritage and language. Founded in 1959 as a chapter of the nation-wide German-American National Congress, DANK Chicago serves Americans of German ancestry and their friends and families, as well as the public in general. Located in the historic DANK HAUS building on Western Avenue at Lawrence, DANK Chicago is also home to the DANK German language school and has been a community resource and meeting place for over forty-five years.

For more information, visit www.dankhaus.com.

"Facing Walls", 20x16", Acrylic and Oil on Canvas. Available for purchase. Depicting shifting movements behind insurmountable, physical blocks, the painting displays growing energy through brooding tones of color. SOLD

"Freedom Comes As A Vision", 30x24", Oil and Acrylic on Canvas. Available for purchase. Oppression, blockage and limitation give way to insight through breaks in the canvas. "Freedom Comes As A Vision", speaks to enlightenment, hope and seeing beyond futile inflictions.

"Berlin 1961", 30x24", Oil and Acrylic on Canvas. Available for purchase. 1961 Berlin, Germany saw permanent divisions that would remain in place till 1989 when Ronald Regan called for the Soviet Union to tear down a wall that divided families, a nation and fragmented its' culture. The painting speaks to that exact moment in time.

"Homeland", 40x30", Steel, Barbed Wire with Denim. Available for purchase.