Shea Hembrey: Curator and Creator of 100 Artists
Last night, Shea Hembrey took the stage at the New York Public Library as part of their Live! program to talk about the exhausting work of curating 100 different artists for his recent biennial, Seek. Mr. Hembrey, an artist himself, spoke of the process behind the grueling selection for the book, which features everything from studied portraits to abstract outsider performance art. “It was difficult to choose what to include, because sometimes I’d have to choose only one piece out of six, and then I’d get angry at myself.”
Of course, this frustration was probably multiplied 100 fold, since Mr. Hembrey created all the art — and the artists behind it — himself. Read More
