While at MacDowell, Samuel Nigro, whose essay, "Strategy is the Status Quo" was published in PAJ: a journal of Performance and Art in January 2003, worked on a new series of essays, one of which is entitled, "Dilemma of Gender- Dilemma of Strain". In addition, he worked on a series of videos to accompany the 7- ton block of Granite used in, "Legs locked in Granite" shown at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY, May 2002.
Discipline:
Interdisciplinary Art
Samuel Nigro
Discipline:
Interdisciplinary Art
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2003
More:
www.samuelnigro.com
Studios
Heinz
Samuel Nigro worked in the Heinz studio.
The icehouse, built of fieldstone in 1914–1915, was a practical part of Marian MacDowell’s plan for a self-sufficient farm. Winter ice cut from a nearby pond was stored here for summer use on the property. Idle since 1940, it was a handsome but outdated farm building. In 1995, Mrs. Drue Heinz, a vice chairman…