I grew up in Far Rockaway and then Long Island. Molly Crabapple growislandlong Change image and share on social
My technique of working is I go around with my iPhone and with my sketchbook. I take thousands and thousands and thousands of iPhone photos. I also draw from life. I can draw really, really, really fast. It's a way that I build a rapport with people. Molly Crabapple builddrawfast share on social
Art is much more confined by materials than writing is. Molly Crabapple artconfinematerial Change image and share on social
I'm an artist, and I love the visual. Fashion is high art sometimes and hack work other times, but it's something worthy of study and love. Molly Crabapple artartistfashion Change image and share on social
I'm an artist and a journalist. I travel around the world very often for 'Vice Magazine,' and I draw and I write about prisons, about conflict zones. Molly Crabapple artistconflictdraw Change image and share on social
Historically, the women who have been the great painters of the canon have very often have been the wives or daughters of supportive men. Like Artemisia, whose father was a very established painter. I will say that the two current contemporary artists I admire the most are women: Kara Walker and Swoon. Molly Crabapple admireartemisiaartist share on social
Burlesque girls were alchemists. They were steel-tough performers who were willing to use kitchens as dressing rooms, haul their costume bags through the snow, and go into debt over fake diamonds, all for the five minutes onstage when they were goddesses. Molly Crabapple alchemistbagburlesque share on social