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Artist
Sable Elyse Smith
b. 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA · American · Based in New York, New York, USA
- Parsons School of Design
- Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
- Oglethorpe University
- Prisons Furniture Sculptures
- Neon
- Video Installation
- Poetry
Sable Elyse Smith creates videos, sculptures and text-based installations examining prisons, policing, family separation and the language of state control. Personal experience is transformed into broader studies of architecture, discipline and visibility.
Video; sculpture; installation; writing
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
The art that actually hurts to look at (Sable Elyse Smith) | Art21 #EP
Major Works
- 2016 onwardColoring Book series
- 2017Landscape
- 2015How We Tell Stories to Children
- 2017FEAR TOUCH POLICE
- 2018Men Who Swallow Themselves in Mirrors
- 2017C.R.E.A.M.
- 2020Blue is Ubiquitous and Forbidden
- 2019Ordinary Violence
- 2010sPrison Visiting Room Sculptures
- 2010s–20sText Works
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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