A “translation,” entirely in the form of drawings, of the first chapter of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. Translation consists of 28 individual drawings of photocopies of sequential pages from the first chapter of the novel, pieced together from every existing English translation. This patchwork results in the repetition and omission of text from page to page, resolving into an incomplete and not-fully-readable rendition of the original.

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Catalogue essay by Claire Brandon for Graphite, The Indianapolis Museum Of Art (2013)

Review by Candice Weber for Art Talk Chicago, September 6, 2009.

Review by Brett McCabe for the Baltimore City Paper, July 8, 2009.

Review by Johnny Ray Houston, San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 10, 2009.

Review by Kenneth Baker for the San Francisco Chronicle, February 28, 2009.

Watch excerpts from a panel discussion with Proust scholar Joshua Landy and art critic Kriston Capps, held in February 2009.

Dear Molly Proust by Bill Berkson, Big Bridge, Issue 14, 2010.

Essay on the project by Molly Springfield in NY Arts Magazine.

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Project exhibition history:

Graphite
Indianapolis Museum of Art
December 6, 2012-April 7, 2013

Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago
September-October, 2009
Selected by Newcity Magazine as one of the top 5 drawing shows of the year.

The Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize
The Baltimore Museum of Art
June-August, 2009

Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco
February-March, 2009
Nominated for an AICA Award for "Best Show in a Commercial Gallery Nationally."