Art of Mary Beth Edelson, The
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Book Description
From the 70s ritural performances to the post-feminism of the new century, Mary Beth Edelson has been destabilizing preexisting representations of women. Whether in her version of the "Last Supper," in which Georgia O'Keeffe plays Christ to disciples Lee Krasner, Nancy Graves, Louise Bourgeois, and Yoko Ono; or in her performance "Cliffhanger," in which she hangs off a precipice; or in isolating images of "femmes fatales" of Hollywood films to project another narrative on their stereotyped scripts, Edelson never loses sight of what is at stake in her work: the construction, representation, and consumption of images of women. This book, a virtual scrapbook of the feminism movement, includes coversations between Edelson and such seminal feminist figures as Carolee Schneemann, Nancy Spero, and Miriam Schapiro. Designed by the artist and full of 30 years' worth of her multidisciplinary feminist and community-based work, "The Art of Mary Beth Edelson" offers Edelson the ultimate control over the construction of her own image in the present and the opportunity to recontextualize her past.
Essays by Laura Cottingham, E. Ann Kaplan, Alissa Friedman, Paul Bloodgood, Linda Aleci. Timeline by Amy Trevelyon & Mary Beth Edelson.
8.5 x 10 in.
69 color, 243 b/w, 40 three-color illustrations
About the Author
Mary Beth Edelson was born in East Chicago, Indiana. Her work appears in the collections of such institutions as the Guggenheim, the Walker Art Center, the National Museum of American Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Her previous books include "Seven Cycles, Shape Shifters, Seven Sites," and "Firsthand". She lives in New York City.
Art of Mary Beth Edelson, The,Laura Cottingham,E. Ann Kaplan,Alissa Friedman,Paul Bloodgood,Linda Aleci,Seven Cycles,0960465073,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Essays,Individual Artist
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