Camille Silverman
csilverman22@gmail.com
3200 W Carroll Ave
Studio 315
Chicago, IL
 she-her-hers

A lesson in plastic saxophones

this is my artist statement

in the form of a poem

something I don't do well

            Statements and poetry

                  A double death march

 

my grad mentor, 2004

"write an artist statement about

what you would like the work to communicate---

                              and then chase that!

 

 

                                      I did that for awhile - and then- 

2016 I attached myself to the Buddha    

                                 and am now thinking

                                            Why am I storying?

can't I just follow the butterfly?

come on now let the work just open up as it's being made

      Ahhh but as u see I live in doubt

one Aha moment, a thousand possibilities 

so maybe it's about possibilities 

possibilities that come and go with breath

a cliche about nothing everything

without fear

and I see Ornette Coleman

as he played his plastic saxaphone

 

 

Please also check out the SeaChi Projects tab, my collaborative work with Seattle artist Teresa Getty. 

 

 

 

two siblings trying to become each other: carpet padding and painting in Carroll Arts Building, East Garfield area in Chicago, 2022
acrylic on canvas/ carpet padding, spackle, acrylic paint
18"x14"/ 30"x12"