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Carolee Schneemann

Carolee Schneemann

Carolee Schneemann (12/10/1939-6/3/2019)

Carolee Schneemann (12/10/1939-6/3/2019), transformed the definition of art, especially discourse on the body, sexuality, and gender. The history of her work is characterized by research into archaic visual traditions, pleasure wrested from suppressive taboos, the body of the artist in dynamic relationship with the social body. This column is a …

Carolee Schneemann, Up to and Including Her Limits, 1973-76. Crayon on paper, rope, harness, 16mm film projector, video (color, sound; 29 min.), and six monitors, Dimensions variable, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Committee on Drawings Funds and Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds, 2012, © 2015 Courtesy of Carolee Schneemann and PPOW Gallery-NY, Digital image © 2015 The Museum of Modern Art-New York. Photo: Jonathan Muzikar

ART CITIES:N.York-Carolee Schneemann

Carolee Schneemann’s first major work, “Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions” (1963), posed a question that the artist would continue to explore throughout …