Carolee Schneemann
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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), and Interior Scroll (1975)
She has published widely, producing works such as Cezanne, She Was a Great Painter (1976) and More than Meat Joy: Performance Works and Selected Writings (1997). [1] [May 2007]
Schneeman’s “Meat Joy”
- Practitioners were eager to join forces with other avant-gardes (e.g., Carolee Schneemann’s “Meat Joy” at the Paris Festival of Free Expression, Fluxus internationalism) From Happenings to Performance, 60s to 70s (to now)
