Representative work by Carolee Schneemann
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Carolee Schneemann

1939–2019 · American

  • University of Illinois System
  • Bard College
  • Oak Lane Day School
  • University of Illinois College of Fine and Applied Arts

Carolee Schneemann expanded painting into the body through performance, film and installation. Her work addressed sexuality, war, bodily autonomy and the politics of spectatorship with unusual directness.

Performance; film; painting

Major Works

  • 1964Meat Joy
  • 1975Interior Scroll
  • 1964–67Fuses
  • 1963Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions for Camera
  • 1973–76Up to and Including Her Limits
  • 1965Viet-Flakes
  • 1967Snows
  • 1967Body Collage
  • 2001Terminal Velocity
  • 1994Mortal Coils

Interviews & Writing

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