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mixed media installation
(wall texts, file cabinets, office supplies, trash, random objects)

Megan invited neighbors, friends, and other artists into the gallery to organize identical piles of paper, objects, trash, photographs, and other random items in a drawer of a filing cabinet. She made colorful graphic maps of the organizational systems and analyzed each "portrait" using art-historical language.

Portraits inquires about the relationship of "work" to "art" while re-defining the terms, and asks how artistic representations of people can actually represent them. 		 

June - July 2007

chashama's Project Exhibition Studio @ 169 West 119th St., NY

graphic design by
Erin Carney 		documentation by
Israel De la Cruz
www.israeldelacruz.com
 and Jennie Zeiner
www.zeinerimages.com
www.headshotprofessional.com
volunteers
Christina Baute, Karen Bernard, Connie Colvin, Rebecca Davis, Israel De la Cruz, Sydney Friedman, Jay House, Mark Kaye, Johanna Linsley, Katy Myers, Lulu Shapiro, Christopher Wood, Jenny Woodward

thanks
Alyssa Alpine, Ryan Duffy, Angelo Hidalgo, Kimberly Houston, Mary Kalil, Karina Metcalf, Kurt Seelinger, Risa Shoup, and Matt Slaats

 

  
 
   
  Also supported by
Materials for the Arts and the
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs/
NYC Department of Sanitation/
NYC Department of Education.