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“'This series is about making tangible the knowledge possessed by physicists and mystics,” Kagan says, “that all matter is composed of rapidly moving energy,” in which nothing is solid and nothing is separate..."

Huffington Post, Shana Nys Dambrot, March 17, 2017

"To knit a simple sweater or scarf, you'll need the following: a ball of yarn, a pair of knitting needles and a pattern. To knit a work of art, you'll probably want to make room in your knitting bag for some new materials: industrial lead, say, or stainless steel, or cans of spray foam, or maybe enough nautical towing rope to pull a barge."

Los Angeles Times, David Ng, February 4, 2007

"It also sounds like something that, with so many cooks in the kitchen, could easily degenerate into chaos. I can't speak to the nature of the process, but the final result is just the opposite: a strikingly harmonious creation that, though physically sprawling, leaves a singularly refined impression."

Los Angeles Times, Holly Myers, July 14, 2006

Listen to Sharon Kagan's story.

Superhero of Love, Love Forward Talks, November, 11 2023

"Listen. It might just simply be that. Can you listen with eyes, with touch, with ears, and heart?"

LACC Associate Professor (formerly at Alfred University), Director, Scenic Designer Maureen Weiss, response to Compassion in Action (2022)

"Then forgiveness does not break me; instead it moves like a river through me. "

Alfred University Associate Professor of Dance Colleen Wahl, response to Compassion in Action (2022)

Catalog featuring a project overview, documentation, and words from critic/curator Shana Nys Dambrot, senior editor of Art in AmericaRichard Vine, artist/curator/critic D. Dominic Lombardi, artist/critic John Mendelson, and critic/curator David Pagel.

Catalog featuring a project overview, documentation, and words from critic/curator Shana Nys Dambrot, senior editor of Art in America Richard Vine, and critic/curator David Pagel.