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Yom Kippur approaches

By sarah | Published: October 5, 2011
Book my friend Josh just loaned me for pre-High Holy Day reading. Its title: “This is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared”
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Learning From Students @ Montclair State Art Dept

By sarah | Published: September 21, 2011
Gave a pp presentation and Art Forum (their term) lecture at MSU yesterday and was very pleased w the students as a whole. Also managed to have some individual studio visits after. Here’s one thing I made note of, overall: To keep things on the up-and-up when lecturing to undergrads in particular (?!). Also while in the [...]
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Linda Griggs showed art Online long before…well, anyone. Now: let her help you prep for NYFA.

By sarah | Published: September 19, 2011
Read the entire interview at the W + G News and Arts in print or online here. She was an incredibly honest subject to interview, and I enjoyed it! skipping a bit…more excerpt. [One question is in normal text and should be in bold, btw: "Sounds like you're talking about community...social network?"] ..and finally: she also want [...]
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my annoying advice for artists: You are an Ecosystem.

By sarah | Published: August 31, 2011
It’s occurred to me that artists might do well to think of themselves as ecosystems; this might help them get a bit more efficient in their art, and, in particular, their efforts in making it. Like, for instance, if you’ve arrived at a form you like in a sculpture, and it can morph into another [...]
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Earthquake not felt

By sarah | Published: August 23, 2011
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Mosquito shows Trailer Park ‘realness’

By sarah | Published: July 25, 2011
Mobile public artwork, parked in Carroll Gardens, outside WORK Gallery. Yes, there were actual mosquitoes that bit; strange, since I encountered not one all day–outside. Weird reality. Needed watering… But a nice, James Turrell-like moment to be had.
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“Art in America,” Elana Herzog: solo

By sarah | Published: July 13, 2011
Link to the review here.
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Ján Manc̆us̆ka is gone at 39. Czech artist, full of heart, great spirit, talent.

By sarah | Published: July 7, 2011
I met him once at Andrew Kreps gallery. We had a huge language barrier—but not a communication barrier, and it was a meaningful and memorable encounter. He saw I was reading Proust. He said, “We are brothers!!” or something equally kind and joyous. I truly admired his work. This text just posted by Andrew Kreps: Dear Friends, It is [...]
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Street Library, succinct edition

By sarah | Published: June 29, 2011
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Joyce Pensato, ceramic trash can, triangles a-fire… Just your average night at shows.

By sarah | Published: June 24, 2011
Joyce Pensato takes a picture of me taking this picture of her. We’ll see what she came up with. Meantime: a crotch shot of one of her awesome characters that debuted last night at Kasmin is in order. The show was called “Pretty on the Inside” and was a fun affair compared to some of the usual [...]
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