The Importance of Humor and Security in Artistic Choices

Artist Sarah Cain creates playful, abstract paintings and installations that feature a bold use of color, improvisation, and a variety of perspectives. Cain redefines abstraction in feminist terms as an architecture for transformative, embodied, emotive experience – intentionally subverting male-dominated art historical traditions. Known for expansive, site-specific murals, often she makes decisions about the palette, gestures, and composition onsite.
She and Zuckerman spoke about personal relationships with the past, site-specific projects, how color operates as a tool, physical space, engaging with art, the lineage of abstract painters, the relationship between titles and images, and how we can find awe in our daily lives!