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Asparagus
In Suzan Pitt’s cult classic Asparagus, the indomitable growth of an asparagus plant is associated with female sexuality. As the urbane world turns absurdist, the green fruit transforms this reality.
Pitt, first a painter and fashion designer, later became an icon within the animation world. Her surreal sensations create worlds where nothing is what it seems. The physical rawness, sharp sense of humour, and kaleidoscopic use of colour define a body of work full of new forms. A landmark in the history of independent animation, Asparagus is a mesmerising exploration of the artist’s inner world.
Bio Suzan Pitt
Suzan Pitt (1943-2019) was an American painter and filmmaker who lived and worked in Europe, Mexico, New York, and Los Angeles. Her short film Asparagus premiered in an installation at the Whitney Museum in 1979 and ran for two years with David Lynch’s Eraserhead in the midnight shows at the Waverly Theater and the NuArt theater in Los Angeles. A retrospective of Suzan Pitt’s prize-winning animated films was presented in 2017 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her paintings and films are in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Center, The Museum of Modern Art, The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles. Her animated films have been featured at hundreds of prestigious venues worldwide.
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- This film was #62 in the “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025