Audrey was my friend. We met at Brooklyn College while taking Ceramics in the summer of 2004. Her art was... weird (meaningless word to describe somebody's art). She was a hardworking, deep and rather dark artist, wrapped in her inner world, unhappy.
In 2005 I transferred to Hunter College to major in media. Audrey agreed to be interviewed for my very first documentary project. I still have 2 or 3 tapes with her. When the video was done, I made a DVD, for which Audrey let me use her animation and stills from her college exhibit.
In 2006 Audrey moved to Beacon, upstate NY. I visited her once. I saw her new artworks, but did not see the Loner. I asked, where is he, and she said, he's hiding.
She died of cancer in the winter of 2008. I was in India and did not attend the remembrance day. What have become of her Inhabitants? Where are her sculptures? Paintings? This was for the first time when i lost a friend... I felt we were too young to die.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zojfxOuPtsQ
Just read the article and after some research concluded that I have some of her works/inhabitants. I recently purchased them from a New York antiques dealer. I searched the name on the bottom of the pieces and found You Tube videos of Audrey. After watching them it was clear that I had some of her last works(2007) shortly before her passing in 2008. Just wanted to share that.
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