Suzanne Deal Booth

AUSTIN, TEXAS–Dominique de Menil and James Turrell’s former intern, Suzanne Deal Booth, has been on an acquisition trajectory since her days at Rice University, when she bartered editing and art-assisting services for monoprints, etchings, and works on paper. Now this munificent supporter of Moody Center and Rice University (including funding Turrell’s Twilight Epiphany Skyspace on campus), the Menil, Rothko Chapel, and The Contemporary Austin has honed the art she lives with personally. “The works in my homes are generally non-representational in imagery … Many of these evoke positive subliminal messages that are intended to create balance at the same time enticing curiosity and inquiry,” she says. Most emblematic of her collection, which has increasingly focused on women, are works by Yayoi Kusama, Agnes Martin, Roni Horn, and Lee Krasner.

ART:

Yayoi Kusama, Agnes Martin, Roni Horn, Lee Krasner, James Turrell, Robert Irwin, Max Ernst, Joel Shapiro, Charline von Heyl, Brice Marden, Ellsworth Kelly, Beverly Pepper, Helen Pashgian, Solange Pessoa, Deborah Roberts, Loie Hollowell, Lee Bontecou, Marsha Cottrell, Suzan Frecon

CV:

Benefactress of James Turrell’s Twilight Epiphany Skyspace at Rice University, The Contemporary Austin’s $200,000 Suzanne Deal Booth/FLAG Art Foundation Prize, and the Rothko Chapel’s Suzanne Deal Booth Welcome House. “The works in my homes are generally non-representational in imagery,” Deal Booth says. “Many evoke positive subliminal messages that are intended to create balance at the same time enticing curiosity and inquiry.”