The first major survey of Carolee Schneemann’s work in the UK, tracing her diverse, transgressive and interdisciplinary expression over six decades.
Schneemann was a radical artist who remains a feminist icon and point of reference for numerous contemporary artists to this day. Addressing urgent topics from sexual expression and the objectification of women to human suffering and the violence of war, her work is concerned with the precarious lived experience of humans and animals.
The exhibition will feature the artist’s early paintings; her experimental sculptural assemblages and kinetic works; her pioneering performance work in which she used her own body as a medium; her ground-breaking group performances; as well as her lyrical films and immersive multi-media installations. With over 200 objects and rarely seen archival material, this exhibition positions Schneemann as one of the most relevant, provocative and inspiring artists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
This exhibition has been generously supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne, Carolee Schneemann Foundation, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation and members of the Carolee Schneemann Exhibition Circle.
Advance Booking is encouraged
Long umbrellas will not be allowed in the gallery
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Events
A series of screenings, tours, symposiums and more inspired by the life and work of Carolee Schneemann
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