Pigmented Inkjet Print
2013

From my studio at the time, sits collodion chemicals, other artwork and a projection of a collection of slides of artwork given to me by art writer Linda Weintraub. “The Whole of Our History is about Hopes Being Sustained, Lost and Renewed” is a quote taken from a chapter called, “I Would Softly Tell My Love” from John Berger’s 2008 book, Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance where he reflects on the work of poet Nazim Hikmet while he was grieving his friend, artist Juan Muñoz. He continues with, “And with new hopes come new theories. But for the overcrowded, for those who have little or nothing except, sometimes, courage and love, hope works differently. Hope is then something to bite on, to put between the teeth. Don’t forget this. Be a realist. With hope between the teeth comes the strength to carry on even when fatigue never lets up, comes the strength, when necessary, to choose not to shout at the wrong moment, comes the strength above all not to howl. A person, with hope between her or his teeth, is a brother or sister who commands respect. Thosewithout hope in the real world are condemned to be alone. The best they can offer is only pity. And whether these hopes between the teeth are fresh or tattered makes little difference when it comes to surviving the nights and imagining a new day.”

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Exhibitions

Sarah Nesbitt: Making Sense of What We Have. Solo Exhibition. Torpedo Factory Art Center, Target Gallery. Alexandria, Virginia.

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