dot com baby vol. 01 - sasha hart
vol. 01 – @sashamayhart
I met Sasha at the Push Magazine Issue 07 launch the week before. I was doing my usual on-the-spot cool baby curation, trying in my head at least to channel a bit of Bill Cunningham (RIP I love you man).
When I later checked her feed, I realised she is a painter, and a serious one at that. At first glance, her work echoes Edward Hopper’s (Nighthawks) and Grant Wood’s (American Gothic), but it does not take long to see that what she is doing is distinctly her own. The references dissolve quickly, leaving something unmistakably Sasha Hart.
She was born and raised in Lismore, on the Far North Coast of NSW, and moved to Sydney a few years ago. We found some common ground straight away. Both of us struggled to find a real connection when we first arrived in the city. We agreed that time does most of the heavy lifting eventually, quietly shaping where you land and who you become.
This was also my first time interviewing a painter, so consider this a mutual exercise in curiosity. Expect a bit of yapping from both of us.