Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019) was a trailblazer, whose experimental work defies easy categorisation. Across six decades, from the late 1950s onwards, she experimented with paint, found objects, her own body, text, performance, film, and multimedia installations. She explored her own sexual expression, the objectification and oppression of women, human-animal relationships, war, cancer, mortality, and more.
Carolee Schneemann: A Biography
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Carolee Schneemann, Meat Joy, 16–18 November 1964, Judson Dance Theater, Judson Memorial Church, New York Performance
Credit: Courtesy of the Carolee Schneemann Foundation and Galerie Lelong & Co., Hales Gallery, and P.P.O.W, New York and © Carolee Schneemann / ARS, New York and DACS, London, 2021. Photograph © 2021 Estate of Robert R. McElroy / Licensed by VAGA at ARS
3 Jan 2023
Learn more about this radical artist and her fascinating life in this long read.
