One of hundreds of "studio notes" written by Hedda Sterne and part of the Hedda Sterne Foundation's archives. In Sterne's sprawling script: "The way to see my drawings is to try not to expect anything: these are drawings. They are the means used, but they are something else... The fact that they have varied meanings (images conjured) is an inherent part of them, whatever they are."
Dedalus Foundation, 25 East 21st Street, Fourth Floor
April 21, 2017, 10:30am-1:00pm
Join The Hedda Sterne Foundation and many of our colleagues at the event "1,000 Words: Readings from Independent Artists' Archives," on Friday, April 21, 10:30am - 1pm, at the Dedalus Foundation.
Presented by the Dedalus Foundation and the Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation in association with The Brooklyn Rail, this event will feature readings of poetry, letters, interviews and visual texts from leading independent artists' archives.
We are looking forward to artist and poet Patti Trimble's reading of select unpublished writing by Hedda Sterne, gleaned from The Hedda Sterne Foundation's archives. These writings - notes and diaries that Sterne kept from the 1940s forward - were the artist's way of organizing and investigating her thoughts on art and philosophy. This reading will be the first time these notes are shared with the public. Patti Trimble's reading will provide a window into Sterne's unique way of exploring the challenges and rewards of the artistic process.
Other presentations will include a staged reading of the 1954 legal case: Barnett Newman vs. Ad Reinhardt and College Art Association; highlights from 15 years of artist conversations with The Brooklyn Rail; and selected readings from the archives of The Willem de Kooning Foundation; The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation; The Harriet and Esteban Vicente Foundation; The Reversible Destiny Foundation and others.