On many levels, we were engaged in dissecting fundamental notions about our culture. We felt there more to the culture than what was being shown to this. However, we felt that there was meaning behind the meaning that no one was seeing.
It was Douglas Crimp’s genius that he saw a new form of art on the horizon. Don’t forget this was pre-digital so images from television, magazines, and movies were immutable. Image-based work was nowhere to be found. None of the galleries were showing work like ours. Minimalism and conceptualism were the reigning art movements of the day. Philip Smith: Even though we were all so young, I think we all felt we were creating something important that needed to be seen. Can you tell us a bit about that important moment in time? Chana Budgazad Sheldon: As a young artist, your first New York exhibition was the PICTURES show curated by Douglas Crimp along with artists Robert Longo, Sherrie Levine, Troy Brauntuch, and Jack Goldstein.
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