Cornelia Shields has been trying to transcribe all the details of her father’s death, but she says it’s hard.
“I’m trying to get it all down,” she told me over the phone last Wednesday, “My dad was never so proud of me as the day he found out I was keeping a diary. I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ghosts'
His Life
November 6th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Andy Warhol · John Cage · Bernadette Mayer · Robert Shields · perestroika · Travis-Nichols · Ghosts · Making Visible the Invisible · correspondence
Dear Adam,
June 26th, 2007 · No Comments
One hundred years is a strange amount of time. A century. A long human life. A container for an era or two, some history, a house. A hundred years is still in the air, like a family story, or the taste of rhubarb. Forgotten for a time, but not by […]
Tags: Shirley Rickles · Pete · Adam · Charles Anderson · Anton Stander · Look · Ghosts · History · correspondence
Conjuring Melissa Scherrer–Part 1
May 30th, 2007 · 3 Comments
The following is the first part of a conversation between artist Melissa Scherrer and curator Katie Geha. Magic, the Midwest, and mimes all figure prominently. Part 2 will appear next week.
Katie: So, I haven’t been sleeping much lately. And I have really wanted to do interviews with artists for a bit […]
Tags: Rummage Sales · the Midwest · Ghosts · Photographs · Mimes · Look · Melissa Scherrer · Katie Geha · Conversation