Suzzan Blac

Suzzan Blac (born Birmingham, UK, 1960[1]) is an English surreal artist who paints images of physical, mental and sexual abuse. Her painting entitled "the patron saint of paedophiles" is based on a fake photograph, which she nonetheless insists must be genuine.[2][3]

Suzzan Blac painting You're suffering is real

Art work

Her work is being used in social worker training, and to help abuse victims in group therapy.[1] Her art has been shown in London and Berlin.[4][5]

She exhibited at Resistance Gallery in London in 2009, a show called "A Basement of Dolls" which focused on pornography and female body image.[4][6][7]

Autobiography

The Rebirth of Suzzan Blac (Bettie Youngs Books, 2012) tells of Blac's troubled childhood of poverty and sexual abuse and how she used her artwork to heal herself.[8]

References
  1. Marc Boisclair, "Trauma Oculaire : Suzzan Blac", Sinistre magazine, January 25, 2011, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (Accessed April 26, 2012)
  2. "Lewis and me".
  3. "patron saint of paedophiles".
  4. Chris Osburn, "Preview: Suzzan Blac's A Basement of Dolls at Resistance Gallery", Londonist, February 13, 2009, http://londonist.com/2009/02/preview_suzzan_blacs_a_basement_of.php (Accessed April 26, 2012)
  5. Strychnin Gallery, 7 Year Itch, Surrealism Group Show http://strychningallery.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/7-year-itch-opening-night (Accessed April 27, 2012)
  6. "A Basement of Dolls – Suzzan Blac", Kultur Kurier, 2009, http://www.kulturkurier.de/veranstaltung_165492.html (Accessed April 26, 2012)
  7. "A Basement of Dolls - Resistance Gallery", 2009, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-23. Retrieved 2012-04-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (Accessed April 26, 2012)
  8. Bettie Youngs Books, Suzzan Blac - Author page, http://www.bettieyoungsbooks.com/authors/SuzzanBlac/index.htm (Accessed April 27, 2012)
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