Representative work by Hannah Wilke
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Artist

Hannah Wilke

1940–1993 · American · Based in New York, New York

  • BFA & BS, Tyler School of Art, Temple University (1962)
  • Feminist Sculpture
  • Performance
  • Photography
  • Ceramics

Hannah Wilke used sculpture, photography and performance to address sexuality, gender, illness and the female body. Her vulva-like ceramic forms and later self-portraits challenged both Minimalist form and the objectification of women.

Sculpture; photography; performance

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 1974–82S.O.S. Starification Object Series
  • 1992–93Intra-Venus
  • 1975Ponder-r-rosa 4, White Plains, Yellow Rocks
  • 1974Needed-Erase-Her #1
  • 1982–84Venus Pareve
  • 1974Gestures
  • 1978–81So Help Me Hannah
  • 1976Through the Large Glass
  • 1978Sweet Sixteen
  • 1960sCeramic Vaginal Sculptures

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Interviews & Writing

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