Between the Sun & the Moon: Gail Thacker's Polaroids

Limited edition of 300. Gail Thacker (born Providence, RI) studied video art, photography and painting at The School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and as a transfer student at The Center for Advanced Visual Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1979-1981. She graduated from The School of The Museum of Fine Arts / Tufts University in 1981. Espousing her “life as art philosophy,” Thacker and student peers who shared similar views collectively made their mark on the Boston scene through performance, photography, video art, and music. Among these were Mark Morrisroe, who would become a good friend, and also artists Pat Hearn, Jack Pierson, and Stephen Tashjian, later known collectively as The Boston School. Hearn and Morrisroe appear in Thacker’s early moving image works and photographs. Morrisroe’s presence in Thacker’s work and life would prove the longest lasting.   Thacker is recognized as a visual artist most known for her unique use of Polaroid 665 positive/negat