Fredericks and Freiser is pleased to announce Retrospective of S, a project by writer, Jonathan Safran Foer and artist, Sam Messer. S is a fictional painter, created by Safran Foer's wall texts, and ten corresponding paintings curated by Sam Messer. The paintings, which accompany Safran Foer's descriptions, are by different artists and parallel the significant changes that S experiences throughout her life.
S's biography begins in 1964 when she is 14 and ends in 2010 when she is 60. During this time S goes through many twists an... Read more
Fredericks and Freiser is pleased to announce Retrospective of S, a project by writer, Jonathan Safran Foer and artist, Sam Messer. S is a fictional painter, created by Safran Foer’s wall texts, and ten corresponding paintings curated by Sam Messer. The paintings, which accompany Safran Foer’s descriptions, are by different artists and parallel the significant changes that S experiences throughout her life.
S’s biography begins in 1964 when she is 14 and ends in 2010 when she is 60. During this time S goes through many twists and turns. From having no money and living in a 5 story walkup to receiving critical acclaim and reacting to public approval. The artists include: Francesca Lo Russo, Josephine Messer, Judith Linhares, Njideka Akunyili, Caitlin Cherry, Chie Fueki, Rochelle Feinstein, Natalie Frank, Jackie Gendel, Jennifer Packer.
Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of Everything is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Eating Animals, and New American Haggadah.
Sam Messer is an artist living in Brooklyn, NY with his wife the filmmaker Eleanor Gaver. He is the Associate Dean, Yale School of Art. Mr. Messer will be a 2012/13 Artist in Residence at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program in Brooklyn, NY. He is also currently designing creatures for a feature film based on Noah.
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