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Nannies, security and hairdressers: artists and their day jobs

‘Day Jobs’, a group exhibition on view at the Cantor Arts Center, California, looks at how artists are earning their living.

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‘Day Jobs’ looks at how making a living can inspire making art

“Day Jobs,” the current exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center, addresses this subject in such a thorough and expansive way you might wonder why no one has done it before.

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How the nine-to-five gave artists ways to make a living

The simplicity of the idea behind ‘Day Jobs’, an exhibition that explores how workaday occupations have shaped what artists make, conceals the inventiveness at its core. By examining dozens of artists – including such well-known figures as Lillian Schwartz and Andy Warhol as well as less established ones – through the lens of their non-art work, curator Veronica Roberts flips the script.

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