Artist
Martha Rosler
b. 1943, Brooklyn, New York, USA · American · Based in Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Brooklyn College
- Erasmus Hall High School
- University of California, San Diego
- Photomontage
- Video Performance
- Social Activism
Martha Rosler has used photography, video, performance and writing to examine war, domestic labor, media, housing and public space. Her work combines conceptual rigor with a sustained critique of how images structure political life.
Photography; video; installation; writing
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Curator Chrissie Iles in Conversation with Martha Rosler
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Martha Rosler
The Museum of Contemporary Art73 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Human Interest: Martha Rosler on Susan Meiselas
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1967–72House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home
- 1975Semiotics of the Kitchen
- 1974–75The Bowery in two inadequate descriptive systems
- 1977Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained
- 1982Martha Rosler Reads Vogue
- 1989If You Lived Here...
- 2004–08Bringing the War Home: House Beautiful, New Series
- 1973Garage Sale
- 1974A Budding Gourmet
- 2011Greenpoint Project
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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