The first time I made any money, I was 27. I went to Bergdorf's looking like a proper guttersnipe and bought a pair of Louboutins. I'd wear them and an old ink-stained kimono and make my drawings and feel indomitable. Molly Crabapple bergdorfbuydrawing share on social
Objectifying is kind of a funny thing. Art is objectification, all art, because you're taking someone and making them into an object. But people can also talk back more to you when you're sketching them. They can look at you and say, 'Oh man, you got me wrong.' Molly Crabapple artbackfunny share on social
I was involved in Occupy Wall Street as a participant and poster artist. 'Shell Game' is an attempt to do something bigger, to use whatever artistic powers I have to explore the excitements and betrayals of that year. Molly Crabapple artistartisticattempt share on social
When you live in New York and are an artist and are interested in people, you meet a lot of people. Molly Crabapple artistinterestlive Change image and share on social
Working as a model liberated me from ever having to hold a day job. I transitioned from doing that to working full-time as an artist. If you're 19 and living cheap, being an artist model can sustain you. Molly Crabapple artistcheapday 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
Art is for the elite because it has a very high price-point of entry. And when one is in that social strata, they look down at illustrators because they just draw things directly for a few hundred dollars, and that's seen as being a bit grubby. Galleries allow artists to stay relatively divorced from the financial aspects of their trade. Molly Crabapple artartistaspect share on social
My real name - my real name is Jennifer Caban. Molly Crabapple cabanjenniferreal Change image and 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
I'm only the third artist who's ever drawn at Gitmo. Molly Crabapple artistdrawgitmo Change image and share on social