Sugar Daddy: Dear Danielle

2023 · Photographs with sound · Solo exhibition, Denny Gallery, New York

Each photograph in Sugar Daddy: Dear Danielle is paired with a sound piece. From the first letter to Danielle:

"My name is Sean Fader. I am a queer artist and a professor at Tulane University. I am writing to you from Stove Works, an artist residency in Chattanooga Tennessee. I have been asked to produce a piece for a show at Antenna Gallery that will open as part of a multivenue triennial in New Orleans. The exhibition’s theme is sugar, and I decided to investigate the history of the sugar daddy, in particular the story of Adolph Spreckels and Alma de Bretteville Spreckels. I was immediately consumed by their story which eventually led me to you."

The twelve audio files could not be pulled from the old site's player; each pairing below is laid out and ready for its sound file. A fuller project statement is also needed here.

Sugar Zaddy ▶ Sound piece, 00:33 · audio file pending

A Package from Danielle ▶ Sound piece, 01:31 · audio file pending

Lillies ▶ Sound piece, 00:59 · audio file pending

Alma and the Living Doll ▶ Sound piece, 01:02 · audio file pending

Sloshed ▶ Sound piece, 01:45 · audio file pending

A Letter from Danielle ▶ Sound piece, 00:59 · audio file pending

Sugar Coated Flower ▶ Sound piece, 00:38 · audio file pending

A Letter to Danielle ▶ Sound piece, 00:42 · audio file pending

Papa Suckers ▶ Sound piece, 00:31 · audio file pending

Daddy ▶ Sound piece, 01:00 · audio file pending

Danielle’s Desk ▶ Sound piece, 00:40 · audio file pending

Spreckels Sugar ▶ Sound piece, 01:13 · audio file pending

Installation views

Selected press

Sugar Daddy: Dear DanielleExhibition page, Denny Gallery
Sean Fader by Ksenia M. SobolevaInterview, BOMB Magazine