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“The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths.”1 - Bruce Nauman
What do the priest, the prostitute and the artist have in common? If the first trades in faith and the second deals in fantasy, you could say the third is concerned with form. But in Sugartown, Darya Diamond’s second solo exhibition with Sebastian Gladstone, the artistic focus rests in the tension between form and formlessness. In this way, Diamond is akin to a psychopomp who comes to ferry us between realms, taking our hand in hers and leading us briefly into the denominationless divine.
Sugartown revisits the theme of sex work, a topic which has anchored Diamond’s practice in recent years. But here, the artist’s eyes are cast skyward. Sugartown is a liminal space: a lookout on the way from the corporeal to the celestial, a layover between sacred and profane.
This is work about work. Diamond questions labor’s...More
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“The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths.”1 - Bruce Nauman
What do the priest, the prostitute and the artist have in common? If the first trades in faith and the second deals in fantasy, you could say the third is concerned with form. But in Sugartown, Darya Diamond’s second solo exhibition with Sebastian Gladstone, the artistic focus rests in the tension between form and formlessness. In this way, Diamond is akin to a psychopomp who comes to ferry us between realms, taking our hand in hers and leading us briefly into the denominationless divine.
Sugartown revisits the theme of sex work, a topic which has anchored Diamond’s practice in recent years. But here, the artist’s eyes are cast skyward. Sugartown is a liminal space: a lookout on the way from the corporeal to the celestial, a layover between sacred and profane.
This is work about work. Diamond questions labor’s...More
