New Farmers (2003)

BY DAN METZ, 2003
PUBLISHED IN THE CATALOGUE, ANTFARM DECADE TO COMMEMORATE OUR FIRST 10 YEARS

By the time I arrived on the antfarm scene, in the spring of 1994, most of the original members had moved on or were in the process of leaving. While lining up to include pieces in the Yearly Artists’ Hanging in the City Gallery of Contemporary Art in Raleigh, I ran into Heath Satow. I was looking for a space and Heath told me about his group studio, antfarm. After we raced into the gallery and claimed our spots for the show, we drove over to the warehouse in Boylan Heights so I could get a look. That day was one of the major turning points in my twenty-five-year quest of procrastination versus desire to make paintings.

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