From grotesque to glamorous, artist Cindy Sherman has explored the identity structures of our social world, revealing through photography – usually of her self -our own desires and vulnerability, as well as ideas about beauty and gender. “I never see myself; they aren’t self-portraits. Sometimes I disappear,” Sherman said of her work to the New …
From May 2013
The Activist and Performance Artist Suzanne Lacy
Artist, activist, educator and advocate Suzanne Lacy (b. 1945) tackles social issues, particularly those affecting women, through public and large scale art projects. She is notable for her work in raising awareness of women’s issues and blending performance art and community outreach. In 1969 Lacy enrolled as a student in a new feminist art program …
The Transformation of Performance to Sculpture: The Acclaimed Artist Chris Burden
“The image of [Chris] Burden that unfortunately continues to resonate in the public mind is of a young man who had himself shot, electrocuted, impaled, cut, drowned, incarcerated and sequestered,” wrote curator Paul Schimmel in 1988 for a book celebrating the artist in the midst of his career. Schimmel was protesting on behalf of the …