Open about being a lesbian, regularly hospitalized for mental health challenges, working on a small scale when other Abstract Expressionists worked large ... Sekula's differences limited her fame.
Artists by definition engage in a type of emotional instability. A "normal" person doesn't interrogate themselves the way artists do. As someone once said about the avant-garde novelist William S. Burroughs, he routinely goes places no one in their right mind would go.
Thanks for reminding me about Sekula! Her work is incredible, right there in the middle of big artistic movements, and bold and unafraid. I got into abex for a while there.
Poor lady, such a brilliant artist but paired with her mental health issues was obviously too much😢
Artists by definition engage in a type of emotional instability. A "normal" person doesn't interrogate themselves the way artists do. As someone once said about the avant-garde novelist William S. Burroughs, he routinely goes places no one in their right mind would go.
Thanks for reminding me about Sekula! Her work is incredible, right there in the middle of big artistic movements, and bold and unafraid. I got into abex for a while there.
I had no idea about her and now I’m like “where’s the books? Where’s the documentary?!?!” Gonna keep digging to see if I can find more.
What a fantastic research article ! Thank you so much this was so interesting . I love her meditation boxes 📦