Collection

The Permanent Collection

Our permanent collection includes more than 5,350 works, capturing over a century of artistic vitality in Provincetown and on the Outer Cape.

This database offers a window into that rich legacy and our ongoing efforts to showcase contemporary artists working here. More than 2,700 pieces in our collection lack digital images. Our efforts to digitize the rest of our collection are ongoing; to contribute to this critical project to digitize the PAAM collection, please contact James Robertson, Chief Development Officer, by email at jrobertson@paam.org or visit: paam.org/donate/

COLLECTION IN THE COMMUNITY

PAAM regularly loans work from its permanent collection to community organizations and businesses, expanding public access to and appreciation of these important works of art. Works from the collection can currently be seen at Seamen’s Bank (Provincetown, Truro, and Wellfleet locations), Seashore Point in Provincetown, La Tanzi, Spaulding & Landreth LLP offices in Provincetown and Orleans, and David Marshall Datz, PC office in Provincetown and Orleans. To discuss arranging an artwork loan for your business or organization, please contact PAAM Registrar Madeleine Larson (mlarson@paam.org).

All the Guys I Slept With in the '60s

Art

All the Guys I Slept With in the '60s

Description

Like a page ripped from a yearbook, Susan Baker comedically portrays her sex life from the 1960s. A white page is filled with the characterized headshots of men. Red party hats, smoking pipes, and overgrown facial hair subvert the value of these men, due to their portrayal as caricatures. Masks, like stereotypes, can be projected onto others. They function to generalize and dehumanize others. Harmful? Yes. Insulating? Yes. Authentic? No. However, given the context of mid-century America, a feminist power channels through this piece. Therefore, expressing the importance of the ownership of one's body and sexuality. The trivialized men were not the main subject of Susan Baker’s life in the ‘60s. Like the party hats and pipes, the men were more of an accessory.

Artist Information

Susan Baker

Entry/Object ID

2377.MM14

Artwork Details

Date made: 1987

Medium: Acrylic on paper, collage

Dimensions (h x w): 22 in x 18 in

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type: Signature, Date

Location: LR

Type: Title

Location: UC

Acquisition

Accession: 2377

Credit Line: Gift of Stephen Desroches, 2014