[CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE]   ARLENE SHECHET Lot #123 Essential Place  handmade abaca paper 18x18 inches Arlene Shechet lives and works in New York City. She was the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2004 and has received three separate Artist Fellowship Grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts as well as a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Grant. In September 2009 she will open a solo show at the F.Y. Tang Museum in Saratoga Springs curated by Ian Berry. She is represented in New York City by Jack Shainman Gallery and in Santa Monica by Shoshana Wayne Gallery. In addition to exhibiting both nationally and internationally, her work is in numerous public collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her last series of handmade paper works was the subject of a cover story in Art on Paper written by artist Kiki Smith. Her most recent New York City exhibition was given rave reviews. Roberta Smith of the New York Times called the show “inspiring” and the work “terrific, full of references yet almost debt-free.” Shechet holds a BA from New York University and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Minimum Bid: $800 Value: $1,600