Past Recipient, 2006: Sarah Kabot
On the Flip Side
Curated by Megan Lykins, Emily Hall Tremaine Curatorial Fellow
Sarah Kabot employs a variety of materials to explore the ordinary
or unnoticed details of common objects, overlooked communities and
familiar spaces. First, with acute observation, she looks for distinctions
in the mundane elements of a variety of objects and environments.
She then accentuates these parts using mirroring, replication, repetition
and amplification to illustrate how they influence and inform our
perception of reality. For this exhibition, Kabot has meticulously
cut out the white space of every piece of notebook paper in a spiral
binder, replicated the William D. Ginn Gallery’s architecture
using only paper, and taken photographs of every blue sky that she
observes in Cleveland, among other works. By identifying meaning in
the underlying structures of such objects and spaces, Kabot emphasizes
the fundamental relationship between form and content. Her work shifts
our perspective on the rudiments of life by focusing our attention
on the details of our surroundings.
Please visit www.sarahkabot.com
to participate in the artist’s exploration of social structures
and spaces. Your response may be included in this exhibition. |
Sarah Kabot
Tablet, 2005. Notebook paper, 8.5 x 11.5 x 2 inches. Courtesy
of the artist.
Image: Tim Safranek Photographics
About the Artist
The eighth artist to be featured in this series, Sarah
Kabot received her MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art in
2002 and her BFA from the University of Michigan in 1998. She is
an assistant professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art, as well
as a summer instructor at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries such as Vermont Studio
Center; the Cultural Center of Polecni, Pieksamaki, Finland; Reinberger
Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art; and SPACES gallery, Cleveland,
among others. Her awards have included a CAA Tuition Grant (2000-2002);
a Merit Scholarship and Grant to the Vermont Studio Center (1999);
and a Merit Scholarship for the University of Michigan (1998).
Past WLM Recipients
Olga Ziemska (2007)
Sarah Kabot (2006)
Alicia Basinger (2005)
Carmen Ruiz-Davila (2004)
Angela White (2003)
Lori Kella (2002)
Tara Giannini (2001)
Christa Donner (2000)
Wendy L. Moore (1999)
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