Allison Smith is a sculptor and installation artist. Her body of work lies at the intersection of craft, history and queer culture. She is included in the PS 1 Contemporary exhibition, Greater New York and she will present “Muster” with the Public Art Fund on Governor’s Island, New York in April 2005…
“Vivandiere,
They call me the Cantineer,
I’m the pet of the whole brigade.
There is not a man,
From the rear to the van,
But salutes to my gay cockade.”
Without much doubt, Allison Smith’s The Muster is one of the most evocative, earnest, and ambitious public art projects to emerge over the last two years…