Shannon Finnegan: 8 Hour Drawing Hot on Sale

1 color screenprint on Colorplan 100lb cover, 24 x18 , 2017

I am more and more confused about what counts as productive. This print is of a drawing that took me 8 hours to make, so it represents a full day of hard work. At the same time, repeatedly drawing a shape feels like a total waste of time.

Shannon Finnegan is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Recent solo exhibitions include Good Days & Bad Days at Xiyi Gallery in Chengdu, China, Should Can t at The Invisible Dog in Brooklyn, NY and DUEL at OUTLET Fine Art in Brooklyn, NY. In 2014, she was a nominee for the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant and in 2015, won an Awesome Foundation grant for her collaborative project Sandwich Club.