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Carolee Schneemann

(1939-2019)

┘My work became a bridge that had to be crossed by young feminists working with their bodies. ┌



Carolee Schneemann, multidisciplinary artist. 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.

Pioneering American artist, feminist, and filmmaker Carolee Schneemann, is known for her multidisciplinary practice: painting, photography, performance art and installation work. Awarded the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale in 2017.

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Carolee Schneemann, Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions for Camera, 1963/2005. Photo: Erró and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Eye Body – Collection MoMA. Copyright Carolee Schneemann Carolee Schneemann, Eye Body #2, 1963-2005. Courtesy of Hales London & PPOW New York, © Carolee Schneemann, photograph by Erró Meat Joy 1964, silver printPhoto by Al Giese. From performance at Judson Church, November 16-18, 1964 New York. Courtesy of C. Schneemann and P.P.O.W, New York Carolee Schneemann, Up to and Including Her Limits, 1973–76, performance, live video relay, crayon on paper, rope, harness suspended from ceiling, dead Kitch on a plinth. The Kitchen, New York, 1976 (artwork © Carolee Schneemann; photograph by Allen Tannenbaum, provided by the artist) Carolee Schneemann and Anthony McCall, Christmas card, 1971 (artwork © Carolee Schneemann; photograph provided by the artist). Schneemann and McCall are shown with their cats Kitch and Bathsheeba in London, 1971 Carolee Schneemann, Eye Body # 20, 1963 © Carolee Schneemann Carolee Schneemann, Fresh Blood. 1981 - 86. Courtesy Galerie Lelong Carolee Schneemann, Personae: JT and the 3 Kitchs, 1957, oil on canvas, 32 x 50 in. (81.3 x 127 cm) (artwork © Carolee Schneemann; photograph provided by the artist)


NOWNESS presents her last recorded interview, this intimate profile by director Clara Cullen made earlier this year, as part of our Raw Materials series and commissioned for International Women's Day, which shows the true art legend discussing her process and the inspiration behind her work.




Fuses by Carolee Schneemann