Dear Comrades, with the Mona Lisa. Bitch totally photobombed me. I’m writing to you from the black and brocade lobby of the Vondel Hotel in Amsterdam. I’ve spent the past week in Europe, at the behest of my beloved Royal Talens, the art supply company that showers me in nifty toys. The ink, acrylics I [...] Continue reading
Laura Watts at the Chicago #noNATO protests, May 2012, by Molly Crabapple, with words by Laurie Penny Laurie explains the project below…. Discordia is coming! We’ve been waiting to announce this for a while. On the 4th of July, the splendid Ms Molly Crabapple and I are going to Greece to do some reporting, meeting [...] Continue reading
I’ve spent the last few months on brutal binge painting for Shell Game. Unfortunately, I don’t have good art photos yet, but these cellphone photos should give you an idea of the insanity
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The posters I did for Makerbot are now up in their shop. You can see a bigger version at that link to. Which you’ll want to do, because holy detail insanity. What I thought when I first saw Makerbot. God they, and Bre, inspire me. “As soon as I walked into MakerBot, I knew I [...] Continue reading
Another art journalism collaboration with Laurie Penny, this time on the student protests in Montreal
See more work and read Laurie’s article over at The New Inquiry.
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June silkscreen of the month. Screened by Melissa Dowell. BUY HERE
Transmography Thirteen Fairytale Portraits of Queers Beyond the Gender Binary by Molly Crabapple and Najva Sol Transmogrify,Verb: To transform, esp. in a surprising or magical manner From poets to porn-stars, computer nerds to community gardeners, artists to activists: these portraits capture some of the real gender warriors today. They are trans, genderqueer, or just gender-fabulous, [...] Continue reading
I'm Molly Crabapple, an artist and writer in New York. My art show, Shell Game, was covered by press including New Republic, Rolling Stone, Fast Company, Wired, and The American Reader. My work can be found in the permanent collections of the New York Historical Society, the Rubin Museum of Art, and the Groucho Club. I've published several books, including Discordia (with Laurie Penny), and the forthcoming Straw House. I write a monthly column for VICE, and my essays have appeared at CNN, The Paris Review and Jacobin.
