This is a book of acknowledgments. Artists cannot do everythingthemselves. The process of making art and bringing it to the publicinvolves a wide array of people who have skills beyond my own.There are a lot of hands involved – literally and figuratively – bendingmaterials and ideas in a certain way, and giving shape to intentions:assistants, art handlers, designers, curators, gallerists, family, friends,and, ever and always, sign language interpreters. The art itself also requires support structures of various kinds:templates, brackets, shelves, hangers, straps, crates. Likewise, thereare immaterial forms of support in the shape of institutional contractsand legal statutes. Ultimately, it’s not just about making art and artexhibitions, it is also about being an artist in a sustainable way, workingalongside people who directly and indirectly contribute to my senseof being. MASS MoCA, 2024. Softcover, 104 pages, 5.5" x 8.25" in.
