Representative work by Adrian Piper
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Artist

Adrian Piper

b. 1948, New York, New York, USA · American

  • Harvard University
  • City College of New York
  • School of Visual Arts
  • New Lincoln School

Adrian Piper is a foundational Conceptual artist and philosopher whose work addresses race, gender, identity, social behavior and the ethics of encounter. Through performances, photographs, text and installations, she places viewers inside situations where assumptions become difficult to avoid.

Performance; installation; philosophy

Major Works

  • 1970–71Catalysis
  • 1973–75Mythic Being
  • 1986Calling Card #1
  • 1986Calling Card #2
  • 1988Cornered
  • 1991What It’s Like, What It Is #3
  • 1981Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid Features
  • 1991–92Decide Who You Are
  • 2004Everything #5.2
  • 2013The Probable Trust Registry

Interviews & Writing

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