“To hear through one of the helmets was to hear back in time, the way a telescope looks back in time while focused on a distant nebula…They weren’t really helmets. They were portals...”
—Douglas Crase, “Aperture on a Virtual Field,” A Public Space 17, Winter 2012
“Among the most sophisticated in terms of concept and form was Wappen Field by Michelle Jaffé, of New York. A group of highly polished, frontal helmets is suspended from the ceiling. Viewers are encouraged to step forward from behind and experience the helmet as if wearing it.”
—Joseph Becherer, “UICA entries on display have intelligence, diversity,” The Grand Rapids Press, September 27, 2011
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Two Coats of Paint
Michelle Jaffé in conversation with Susan Silas
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PIX 11, 2024
Magee Hickey explores the exhibition, Women Who Weld, featuring Wappen Field
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On Autumn Lake by Douglas Crase, 2022
In this book, MacArthur poet, Douglas Crase, wrote an essay called “Apertures on a Virtual Field” (p. 340-351) about Michelle Jaffé’s work, including Wappen Field, Vestments: Cod Variations, and Awakening.
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MacDowell Newsletter, 2019
Soul Junk, Voicing, and Tea with Estelle featured in the MacDowell newsletter.
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Lines from London Terrace by Douglas Crase, 2017
Commisioned by A Public Space, MacArthur poet Douglas Crase, wrote a 10-page essay exploring Michelle Jaffé’s work, including Wappen Field, Vestments: Cod Variations, and Awakening.
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M/E/A/N/I/N/G: The Final Issue on A Year of Positive Thinking-7, 2016
Featuring two short video clips from Soul Junk
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Gorky’s Granddaughter, 2016
Zachary Keeting and Christopher Joy interview Michelle Jaffé in her studio in 2016
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New York Studio Conversations: Seventeen Women Talk About Art, 2016
New York Studio Conversations presents a series of sixteen interviews with female artists, including Michelle Jaffé, conducted by the art historian Stephanie Buhmann.
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Under Main Magazine: To What Do We Belong?, 2015
Wappen Field at Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University
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Washington Post: In the galleries: Where nature and art come together, Women Sculptors, 2014
Featuring five sculptures from the Vestments series