Drawing Blood

Then, after the crash, a wave of protest movements - from student demonstrations in London to Occupy Wall Street in her own backyard - led Molly to turn her talents to a new form of witness journalism, reporting from places such as Guantanamo, Syria, Rikers Island, and the labor camps of Abu Dhabi. From a young age, Molly Crabapple had the eye of an artist and the spirit of a radical. After a restless childhood on New York's Long Island, she left America to see Europe and the Near East, a young artist plunging into unfamiliar cultures, notebook always in hand, drawing what she observed. Frustrated with the academy and the conventional art world, she eventually landed a post as house artist at Simon Hammerstein's legendary nightclub The Box, the epicenter of decadent Manhattan nightlife before the financial crisis of 2008. Using both words and artwork to shed light on the darker corners of American empire, she has swiftly become one of the most original and galvanizing voices on the cultural stage.. Returning to New York City after 9/11 to study art, she posed nude for sketch artists and sketchy photographers, danced burlesque, and modeled for the world-famous Suicide Girls

albionphoto said A mirror to life. I have an on/off love affair with the book reviews in "The Economist". Sometimes I love the books they recommend and sometimes I loathe them. Drawing Blood falls into the "it's great" category. Drawing Blood is Molly's personal memoir of her career so far, her struggles to be recognised as an artist, the people she's met and her political world view. It's unusual for a young artist (b. 198A mirror to life I have an on/off love affair with the book reviews in "The Economist". Sometimes I love the books they recommend and sometimes I loathe them. Drawing Blood falls into the "it's great" category. Drawing Blood is Molly's personal memoir of her career so far, her struggles to be recognised as an artist, the people she's met and her political world view. It's unusual for a young artist (b. 1983) to write a memoir so young but her life has been crammed with experiences that make this a meaningful, thought provoking book. Some people will undoubtedly be horrified that Molly chose to work in the adult i. ) to write a memoir so young but her life has been crammed with experiences that make this a meaningful, thought provoking book. Some people will undoubtedly be horrified that Molly chose to work in the adult i. "This may not be an art catalogue but it’s probably the most beautifully illustrated memoir I’ve ever read" according to Charles O.. “Art was a stranger making eyes through the smoke of a foreign dive bar”Drawing Blood is such an engaging read that I couldn’t put the book down until I had devoured all of its contents and yet, there were so many lines and passages to savor and to reread, so many artworks by Molly to let your eyes linger over. This may not be an art catalogue but it’s probably the most beautifully illustrated memoir I’ve ever read. Some passages I had read in the reviews or articles by Molly over the past week but they were even more enjoyable the second time around placed in contex. "Is she a better writer or artist?" according to Virginia music lover. I'm joining the chorus of raves here for Molly Crabapple. I have followed her on Twitter where she writes about peace, civil liberties, and other important issues. I was floored when I first saw her lively drawings of pictures from Guantanamo and of Muslim women. The big debate one can have -- is she a better writer or a better artist? She is superb at both.Molly was a rebel in school, and as she details that I think the reader will experience sympathy because we all wanted to run out of the building at times even if we were basically obedient. She was not, however. Now she is grown up and still