Jennifer Rubell continues to turn hospitality into art in this standout sculpture from her solo show at Sargent’s Daughters. A five-foot tall, resin pants suit doubles as a cookie jar holding treats baked from Hillary Clinton’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe, offered to the public in 1992 after she’d commented on wanting to pursue her career rather than bake cookies. Twenty-five years later, questions about women’s roles in society are a continued hot topic. (On the Lower East Side through March 5th).
Jennifer Rubell, Vessel, resin, food-safe paint, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (from Hillary Clinton’s recipe), 65 x 36 x 36 inches.
Merrily Kerr is an art critic and writer based in New York. For more than 20 years, Merrily has published in international art magazines including Time Out New York, Art on Paper, Flash Art, Art Asia Pacific, Art Review, and Tema Celeste in addition to writing catalogue essays and guest lecturing. Merrily teaches art appreciation at Marymount Manhattan College and has taught for Cooper Union Continuing Education.
For more than a decade Merrily has crafted personalized tours of cultural discovery in New York's galleries and museums for individuals and groups, including corporate tours, collectors, artists, advertising agencies, and student groups from Texas Woman's University, Parsons School of Design, Chicago's Moody Institute, Cooper Union Continuing Education, Hunter College Continuing Education and other institutions. Merrily's tours have been featured in The New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler, Sydney Morning Herald and Philadelphia Magazine.
Merrily is licensed by New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs as a tour guide and is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA USA)
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