Martha Wilson has used performance, photography and video since the early 1970s to examine gender, aging, beauty and political identity. As founder of Franklin Furnace in New York, she also built one of the most important infrastructures for performance and artists’ books.
Performance; photography; video
Artist Films
Human Interest: Martha Wilson on John Coplans
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1974A Portfolio of Models
- 1972Posturing: Drag
- 1972Art Sucks
- 1974I Make Up the Image of My Perfection / I Make Up the Image of My Deformity
- 1972Breast Forms Permutated
- 1974Mona/Marcel/Marge
- 1970sBeauty Routine
- 1980sPolitical Performance as Nancy Reagan
- 1976 onwardFranklin Furnace projects
- 1970s–2000sSelf-Portrait Transformations
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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