Artist: Zoe Strauss
Why- Zoe strauss is a community based artist. Her work on the I-95 under the freeway project brought the community she worked so closely with together. Her use of truth and community are what I would like to bring to my work.
Bio- "Within the last 10 years Ms. Strauss has has published "America," a collection of photographs that was an Artforum "Best Book of 2008," been in a show and had works purchased by The Art Institute of Chicago, spent a month in Spain teaching and having a big show in conjunction with La Casa Encendida and Ivory Press, received a United States Artists fellowship, spent a month in Alaska courtesy of USArtists and the Rasmuson folks, shown in France, had 2 acclaimed solo shows at Silverstein Photography, been in the 2006 Whitney Biennial, received a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, been commissioned to create a ramp project at the Philadelphia ICA, had 8 prints purchased by the Philadelphia Museum of Art for their permanent collection, received a Leeway grant and won 'friends of Arcadia award.' "
Strauss, Zoe. "March 2010." I-95.10. 2 May 2010. Web. 20 Sept. 2010. .
Quote 1- " at 4 the show is done, that means that if people want to take the photographs they can, its not a commodity in therms of I'mm putting these up and I'm taking them down as if there is some worth for that, the worth is the moment their up that three hour time period in which there all up and together"
quote from video 1, Zoe Strauss. Web. 20 Sept. 2010.
Quote 2- This quote is a quirky insite into a working artist life and personal worry in the form of a conversation to her loved one. It is nice to see that working artists are not granted the freedom from worry about the same things we are, its all about getting the image we need to get.
"Listen honey, I hope you mind that I don't have a job on the horizon and I'm using what money I have to go to the Gulf to record some of what's happening with this environmental disaster. And I'm not really sure how this work will turn out, it might not be successful, but I'm still doing it so do you mind taking care of the house, all the finances, and all the household responsibilities while I head into a toxic mess where you won't know where I am? I'll be driving through the Delta, rural Louisiana and maybe Alabama and Florida or maybe Texas and meeting up with strangers by myself. I'll call when I stop at an Arby's or something."
Strauss, Zoe. Zoe Strauss. 20 July 2010. Web. 20 Sept. 2010. .
interview or review- please see video 1 'under the freeway'
Gallery rep site- Strauss has work in both The Art Institute of Chicago and Philadelphia Museum of Art for their permanent collection
artist site- http://www.zoestrauss.com/zoe.html
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