Lynn Hershman Leeson

Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Rejection Letter: “It’s always a solitary experience”

Excerpt

“In the beginning I was rejected for everything. I decided then that it did not matter. That was not why I did the work. I figured they would understand later – or maybe not ever, doing the work was important no matter what others said.

Because no galleries would show my work so I began showing them in hotel rooms and store windows, including the Chelsea Hotel and Bonwit Teller. They were among the earliest site specific works and I would not have done that otherwise. That was challenging as people did not know how to come to it, look at it, or write about it. Nonetheless they were effective and built an audience…”