Sarah Hobbs, a Georgia-based photographer, has a gorgeous new book of her photographs hot off the press. Hobbs' work in this new book published by Charta is reproduced in beautiful imagery with two essays.I first met Sarah in 2004 when I curated a solo exhibition of her photography at the Knoxville Museum of Art. She creates large-scale images of installations that she makes that mine the fields of obsessions, anxieties, and the humor and absurdity of daily living. The cover image Untitled (insomnia) with its omnipresent post-it notes suggests the insomniac's tortuous attempt at sleep while reminders of worries and to-do lists dangle above the bed, rupturing any idea of peace. Here, the homey bed offers neither safe refuge, nor comfort.
Represented by Nancy Solomon of Atlanta's Solomon Projects, Hobbs continues to create complex and thoroughly engaging images. And, she is one of the nicest people with whom I've ever worked. Congrats, Sarah!
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