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Sarah Sudhoff opens up

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By Julia Ramey

Published on March 11, 2009 at 1:43am

Illness, especially cancer, is never something you really want to think about, but it’s worth it in the case of “Repository,” a photo and video exhibition by artist Sarah Sudhoff. After being diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2004, Sudhoff began to artistically document her illness and its effects, photographing herself and other subjects in exam rooms, operating rooms and even a morgue.

In “Repository” we see Sudhoff on various stirrup-equipped examining tables, a snake-like scar down her stomach from exploratory surgery (the surgeon was nice enough to loop around her belly button) and, in one of the most startling images, Sudhoff sitting naked in a large stainless steel sink. There are a few light moments in the show, such as Sudhoff’s shot of a hospital’s flower-vending machine. Viewers might leave haunted by the stark coldness of some of the images, but they’ll also leave refreshed by the intimacy and honesty of the work.

Sudhoff, fortunately, is thriving today, and she’ll be at the Artists and Illness workshop, along with a host of medical professionals and artists, on March 21.

Regular viewing hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Through April 17. Art League Houston, 1953 Montrose. For information, call 713-523-9530 or visit www.artleaguehouston.org. Free.


Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts: March 14. Continues through April 17, 2009