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The digital world collides with IRL in ‘Basement Babe,’ opening Friday at the Milo-Grogan art space
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Growing up in Metro Detroit, artist Sarah C. Blanchette could always find respite in the basement, where she would retreat with frequency to create art in solitude a practice that continues to this day.
“For my whole life, the basement has been where I’ve done my art-making,” Blanchette said in an interview earlier this week at 934 Gallery, where the artist’s new show, “Basement Babe,” will kick off with an opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, June 4. “When I was a kid, my parents gave me a spot in the basement of our house in Eastpointe, Michigan, and I had a big desk where I could draw and put things up on the walls, and I would spend all of my time down there. … It’s that secret playground where you’re out of sight, but you’re in a safe space, unless you think your basement is hau