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  • Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, Hand Sanitizer, 2010–, ethanol distilled from fermented corn and grain, gelling agents, ready-made dispenser, 16 × 6 × 4".

    Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, Hand Sanitizer, 2010–, ethanol distilled from fermented corn and grain, gelling agents, ready-made dispenser, 16 × 6 × 4".

    Zoë Sheehan Saldaña

    The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

    In 1968, Stewart Brand founded the Whole Earth Catalog, a publication famously marked by its countercultural ideals. As Brand explained, it confronted Americans with a call to action: “Ask not what your country can do for you; do it yourself!” Brand’s ethos animates much of artist Zoë Sheehan Saldaña’s solo show at the Aldrich. Titled “There Must Be Some Way Out of Here,” Sheehan’s exhibition prods at the relationship between artisanal craft and industrial production, and posits that the pairing might be uniquely American at heart. At first glance, the show seems like a nondescript gathering of

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