Author: Sandy Smith-Garces
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Selections
Below are selections from various series that I have developed over the past few years. Use the site navigation to explore the work in depth.
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
I’ve been reading Creating Minds by Howard Garder. In it there is a wonderful chapter on T.S. Eliot. I’ve also been inspired by Eliot’s work. Below is a series I exhibited on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Included in the post is a recording of Eliot reading the poem. Play it while going through…
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The Perfect Stone
This visual essay and collection of stones was first inspired by an interview I read regarding the then recent conviction of a young mother who was accused of adultery, and sentenced to death by stoning. The subject of the interview was the public official who was put in charge of carrying out the execution. In…
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Art for Art’s Sake
On April 26 from 7-10pm, I will be showing and selling prints at the 6th annual “Art for Art’s Sake” fundraiser. “Art for Art’s Sake” benefits art education at the Lincoln School in Brookline, MA. The event will be at the school, 19 Kennard Rd. in Brookline. In the past up to 40 others artists…
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Kindling
How different are the concerns of mothers the world over? How different are the needs of families—in cities, villages, refugee camps? Children need care. They must be tended to—fed, clothed, sheltered. These essential truths do not change no matter where you live, or what condition you find yourself in. These are the thoughts which occupied…
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Is This the Answer?
Is This the Answer? Is this the Answer?: These medieval instruments of torture, real and imagined, are visual comments on the state of safety for women in the 21st century. What is the answer to keeping the world’s women and girls safe from physical and sexual abuse? What will it take for our sisters, mothers, and…
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Extreme Beauty
“If tiny feet suddenly became fashionable, would American women subject themselves to foot-binding?” This was the question posed in an article of the Los Angeles Times, denouncing breast implants, with the headline “Draw the Line at the Knife”. Standards of beauty are continuously changing, but what is the often grotesque reality behind the extreme measures…
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