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Pretending to Be a Gargoyle
For the series All Night Sculptures, Sherk occupied a rooftop and assumed the attitude of a gargoyle while looking down. (Loeffler and Tong 1980: 75)
Pig Sonata
The pig, who had come from Half Moon Bay, was in the corner of the room, covered up, and no one knew that she was there. It was a very formal piece. I was dressed in an evening gown, and began the performance with an assistant, by emptying brown…
Portable Park II
The second site of the Portable Park […] was on two concrete islands underneath a freeway off-ramp. For this site there were more cows and also chickens involved, picnic tables, and bales of straw. It was a participatory piece for many…
Sitting Still II
In a series of performances entitled Sitting Still, Sherk created eloquent images of solitude, speaking to her viewers through the sheer power of her presence and sensitizing them to the particular site chosen for each work. This series took place in…