Representative work by Gina Pane
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Artist

Gina Pane

1939–1990 · French-Italian

  • Beaux-Arts de Paris

Gina Pane was a central figure in European body art whose carefully staged actions used controlled self-inflicted wounds, gesture and symbolic objects to explore vulnerability, empathy and communication.

Performance; photography; installation

Major Works

  • 1973Azione sentimentale
  • 1971Escalade non anesthésiée
  • 1973The Conditioning
  • 1974Psyché
  • 1974Action mélancolique 2x2x2
  • 1978Action Little Journey
  • 1975Discours mou et mat
  • 1969Situation idéale: Terre-Artiste-Ciel
  • 1973Autoportrait(s)
  • 1984La Légende dorée

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