Representative work by Eleanor Antin
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Artist

Eleanor Antin

b. 1935, New York, New York, USA · American

  • City College of New York
  • The New School
  • High School of Music & Art

Eleanor Antin creates performances, photographic works and films around identity, history and invented personae. Her projects frequently use fictional selves—from a king to a ballerina—to examine gender, power and historical representation.

Performance; photography; film

Artist Films

Major Works

  • 1972Carving: A Traditional Sculpture
  • 1974–75The King of Solana Beach
  • 1973–76The Ballerina
  • 1971–73100 Boots
  • 1977The Nurse and the Hijackers
  • 1977The Angel of Mercy
  • 1978Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev
  • 2001The Last Days of Pompeii
  • 2004Roman Allegories
  • 2007Helen’s Odyssey

Interviews & Writing

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