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Repository 215: When the Private Must be Public | Interrogating the Home in Art
One had to build shelters. One had to make pockets and live inside them. -Lorrie Moore, Like Life. Vintage, 1990 If home is sweet home, then why is the domestic sound terrifying? Horror stories are rooted around a home, or collection of homes we call a town. Countless artists have avoided direct representation of the home unless it’s a subversive attempt to expose the dark, inner sanctum of the familiar. Naturally artists remove sweetness from the domestic. Sweetness is heavy,…
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Repository 22: Artist Mother Panel Discussion
There was a panel discussion of mother artists ranging in age and discipline today at the School of Visual Arts in New York. The panel was moderated by Sharon Butler, artist, mother and writer of a blog. I’m sorry I couldn’t attend, but believe the intention was right and hope the discussion was honest. Sharon wrote a very thoughtful article in the Brooklyn Rail in 2008 about views on motherhood and the modern and contemporary artist. While I am sensitive…
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