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An open letter to Ed Winkelman, SVA, Dan Cameron, or anyone in a position to help artists speak Truth to Power: we do need “A New Currency”

By sarah | Published: March 17, 2010
No wonder artists have a hard time writing statements. Rebelling against the need to write is the only self-defense/self-preservation mechanism they have left in a system that seeks to compartmentalize them. Do you want funding? [asks the foundation] Explain how what you do fits in with our criteria for what’s worth $. Want me to [...]
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Easy reading

By sarah | Published: November 1, 2009
My thought: take a book from the street, that you simply just find, and walk around with it for the day. …helps me catch up on contemporary fiction. Then, another idea: de-accession all those free catalogs I get for being an art critic. I left this one at Pierogi’s Boiler location in W’burg, a while back. I figure, [...]
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Fine show’s a $teal at Pierogi

By sarah | Published: September 12, 2009
Check out Jane Fine’s show, newly opened at Pierogi.  Paintings on paper (and wood, and canvas)—all strong, worth a look for sure. But wait, there’s more…paper, and more affordable work. Really affordable, actually, at what the artist tells us is around $600 ($680 if framed). C’mon, you know you want one. Bold, graphic. And within reach of those with [...]
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