This past summer, as I was killing knapwed at Water Street Commons, I had the good fortune of meeting Polly Yates, an artist from England who happened to be spending several weeks in Ypsilanti. After chatting with her a bit about her work, and the several pieces of artwork which have sprung up on Water […]
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Art, Food, Sex and Trauma: Mark Maynard shoots the shit with humankind’s most important artists… Episode 6: Polly Yates
Posted in Art and Culture, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Amy Sacksteder, anonymity, art food sex and trauma, artist residency, Call the Midwife, Chicago, collage, Death, eye contact, Facebook, fish and chips, found photographs, ghosts, grief, interviews, Mark Dickson, midwifery, Neon Heater Gallery, Polly Yates, Roman Susan Gallery, salt and vinegar, sausage, savaloy, Stalin, street food, surveillance culture, Taylor Ervin, Theresa Rickloff, weeding, YardWork, Ypsilanti Art Incubator, Ypsilanti Historical Society 7 Comments