Yet, because they were so hidden, in both spaces, Waters has had to coax people in. She painted the railing outside Martyr Sauce pink this year, to show that the gallery is still there. âI always felt like a carney,â she says of trying to draw people in. âIâm like, âStep right up!ââ
The pandemic only exacerbated the struggle to show art underground. Martyr Sauce has no windows and, since it sits in the belly of an old building in a historic district, Waters had limitations on how much she could alter it to, say, improve airflow. So when Ebbets Field Flannels vacated its well-fenestrated adjacent storefront, Waters decided to expand.
A still from Anastacia-Reneé s video “Alice in Parts,” part of a piercing show about the ruinous effects of white supremacy on the home and body, on view at Frye Art Museum. (Anastacia-Reneé)
A still from Anastacia-Reneé s video “Alice in Parts,” part of a piercing show about the ruinous effects of white supremacy on the home and body, on view at Frye Art Museum. (Anastacia-Reneé)
The cancer of ‘keep going’ at the Frye Art Museum
“I do yoga. I read. I’m fine,” Alice Metropolis assures us from the black-and-white video screen, a bottle of liquor in hand. She goes to therapy. She’s working on being fine. She’s just gotta keep it going, keep it moving, stick to the plan. But the plan’s not working. Even in