Seat 20D

Suse Lowenstein lost her son Alex in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. In an effort to come to terms with her grief, Suse turned to her art. She began to sculpt herself naked, frozen in the position she fell into upon hearing the news of her son’s death. Creating the sculpture brought her solace, and when Suse posted about her project in the Pan Am Victims’ Family Newsletter, inviting others to participate, 75 women responded. Suse spent fifteen completing the monumental sculpture she titled Dark Elegy, a memorial to the victims of the brutal attack that altered American history. Seat 20D explores how art cradled a mother's soul and touches all who view it.