Carolee Schneemann
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- | '''Carolee Schneemann''' (October 12, 1939 – March 6, 2019) was an American [[visual artist]], known for her discourses on the body, [[human sexuality|sexuality]] and [[gender]]. | + | '''Carolee Schneemann''' (October 12, 1939 – March 6, 2019) was an [[American artist]], known for her [[body art]] focusing on [[human sexuality|sexuality]] and [[gender]]. |
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Carolee Schneemann (b. 1939) is an American performance artist, known for her discourses on the body, sexuality and gender. She received a B.A. from Bard College and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois. A member of the Fluxus group, her work is primarily characterized by research into visual traditions, taboos, and the body of the individual in relationship to social bodies. Her most famous works include Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions (1963), Meat Joy (1964), Fuses (1967), and Interior Scroll (1975) She has published widely, producing works such as Cezanne, She Was a Great Painter (1976) [1] and More than Meat Joy: Performance Works and Selected Writings (1997) [2]. Schneemann along with Yves Klein in France, and Yayoi Kusama, Charlotte Moorman, and Yoko Ono in New York City were pioneers of performance based works of art, that often entailed nudity. |
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Carolee Schneemann (October 12, 1939 – March 6, 2019) was an American artist, known for her body art focusing on sexuality and gender.
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