Sara Greenberger Rafferty: Of Kaufman and Copyright
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Spring 2014

Cat Kron I wanted to ask you about the trope of comedy in your work, and the connections between how images and ideas are transferred in visual art and in comedy. I should back up and say that I’ve been looking into how comedians self-police joke theft in their communities. Your work, for example Mono, engages with the issues around comedic reperformance.

Sara Greenberger Rafferty Mono uses appropriated material from late-night monologues by Johnny Carson, David Letterman, and Joan Rivers. The jokes have been cut out, leaving a fluid script of primarily mannerisms and then one really bad joke about a transgender athlete. . .

Cat Kron

Cat Kron is a writer and editor based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in Artforum, Artillery, Art Review, Contemporary Art Review LA, Cultured, FRIEZE, and Momus, among others.

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