Monday, October 10, 2011


I get the NYFA Current newsletter, and they usually have some very good articles. This month they feature the installation artist Gelah Penn and basically use her artist statement for their article. Granted it's a bit longer than your average artist statement, but I was very impressed. It is accessible, clear, straightforward, but at the same time analytical and intelligent. A good mixture of the personal (which art should be) and the more "academic" (which too many artist statements try to be). In the article they also use photographs of the installation and the influencial images from Noir Cinema in comparison. It really helps the viewer understand the artists intentions. A link to the article is below.
Criss Cross by Gelah Penn

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