I have never actually met Sarah Palmer. But I am a huge fan of her work, which I found on Instagram, because we have shared students over the years. I taught at a foundation program for Pratt in upstate New York and she picked up where I left off down at Pratt in Brooklyn. I […]
Archives for June 2020
Thomas Allen: A Studio of One’s Own
I discovered Thomas Allen’s work in 2006 when I was a lowly intern at an art gallery in Boston. The work was staged and rephotographed pulp fiction novels-they were clever and provocative. But what I remember most about that show was how unassuming and kind the artist, Thomas Allen, was. I was so pleased to […]
Lorena Molina: A Studio of One’s Own
In the days and weeks following the initial shutdown of nearly everything because of Covid-19 I saw a great deal of commentary on how things are different, how we as a nation would adjust, and how the smaller community of artists would change their practice. I thought of my own art practice, pictures of and […]
Magali Duzant: The Moon and the Stars Can be Yours
Should I stay in New York City? Will I find happiness? Will I find love that lasts? Is there luck in my future? Should I continue to make art? These are just a few of the central questions posed in Magali Duzant’s book The Moon And Stars Can be Yours : Notes on Subway Psychics. […]
Cathy Cone: Hand Painted Photographs
Cathy Cone is a photographer and painter based in East Topsham, Vermont. In her series Hand Painted Photographs she began the creative process by scanning tintype portraits dating back to 1869, which she has been collecting from flea markets and antique shops for decades. She digitally printed each piece, then applied gouache onto the surface […]
Deborah Jack : History Based Landscapes
Spirits of nature exist in nearly every religious and cultural lore we know – traversing the terrain, there to remind us of the regenerative and also destructive power the land holds. The landscape is a portal through which we can access our histories, our collective joy and also our pain. As we continue to reevaluate and in some cases unlearn the stories […]