Martha Wilson
Martha Wilson is a pioneering feminist artist and gallery director, who over the past four decades created innovative photographic and video works that explore her female subjectivity. She has been described by New York Times critic Holland Cotter as one of the half-dozen most important people for art in downtown Manhattan in the 1970s. In 1976 she founded Franklin Furnace, an artist-run space that champions the exploration, promotion and preservation of artist books, temporary installation, performance art, as well as online works. She is represented by P.P.O.W Gallery in New York; and has received fellowships for performance art from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts; Bessie and Obie awards for commitment to artists freedom of expression; a Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts; a Richard Massey Foundation-White Box Arts and Humanities Award; and in 2013 received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. Photograph: Christopher Milne.
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Martha Wilson
Intended as an evolving retrospective, this exhibition encourages collaboration between curator(s) at each presenting institution and the artist Martha Wilson to select works from overlapping stages of Wilsons career that suit the institution’s local collections and audiences. Selections may include examples of her conceptually based performances, videos and photo-text works, or her work as director […]
read more »Framing Femininity
Image: Chanel Von Habsburg-Lothringen, Self-Reliance, Self-Governance, Self-Tolerance?, 2016, Inkjet on vinyl banner with grommets, 105 x 84 inches (266.7 x 213.36 cm), Unique + 1AP Framing Femininity A Conversation between Martha Wilson and Chanel Von Habsburg-Lothringen Monday, March 6 6:308pm ICI Curatorial Hub 401 Broadway, Suite 1620 FREE and open to the public Artists Martha […]
read more »Performing, Re-enacting and Reacting
Pratt Manhattan Gallery Room 213 (adjacent to the gallery) April 22, 2015 6:30 8PM Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Robert Longo, Tavia Nyong’o and Martha Wilson Organized and Moderated by Alaina Claire Feldman, Independent Curators International (ICI) In conjunction with the exhibition Martha Wilson, Performing, Re-enacting and Reacting will explore key complex issues surrounding the current […]
read more »Performing Franklin Furnace
Coco Fusco, Observations of Predation in Humans: A Lecture by Dr. Zira, Animal Psychologist, 2013. Courtesy the artist and The Walker Art Center; Michael Smith, Baby Ikki 3rd Birthday Party, 1978. Courtesy of Franklin Furnace. Performing Franklin Furnace Participant Inc. 253 East Houston Street New York City, NY February 26 March 1, 2015 In […]
read more »Summer Offer: Allen Ruppersberg and Martha Wilson Sourcebooks
The Independent Curators International (ICI) Sourcebook series is dedicated to contemporary artists personal perspectives on social, political, and cultural issues. Each book, edited by a single artist, includes a collection of primary research materials and influences, such as rare archival documents, artwork studies, and excerpts of landmark publications, selected from the artists own archive and […]
read more »Martha Wilson at UMFA
On View August 30 November 10, 2013 Friday, August 30 Exhibition Opening at Utah Museum of Fine Arts Wednesday, September 18, 5pm Artist Talk and Panel Discussion Other panelists include: Sarah Hollenberg, visiting assistant professor of art history at the University of Utah; Rachel Middleman, assistant professor of art history at Utah State University; […]
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On View June 7, 2013 – August 11, 2013 Friday, June 7 Opening reception from 5-8pm Artist Talk at 7pm Additional Programming: Thursday, June 27, 7pm Problems of Circumstance: Current Topics of Feminism, a discussion lead by artists Ashley Janke and Ashley Coffey Thursday, July 11, 7pm The Masculinity Cycle Part 1: Houdini, a […]
read more »Martha Wilson at Pitzer College Art Galleries
Martha Wilson performing as Barbara Bush. Image by Dennis W. Ho. ICI is very pleased to announce the opening of Martha Wilson at the Nichols Art Gallery, Pitzer College Art Galleries in Claremont, California. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, January 26, 2013, accompanied by a wealth of local public events, further expanding […]
read more »Catherine Morris at Arcadia University for Martha Wilson: Staging the Self
Martha Wilson as Barbara Bush, March 11, 1991. Video still. Courtesy of the artist. October 30, 2012 6:30PM Lecture by Catherine Morris, Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum This event is in conjunction with the Arcadia University Art Gallery presentation of Martha Wilson: Staging the Self which will be […]
read more »Martha Wilson Artist Talk and Book Launch
Join the Mills College Art Department and Art Museum in honoring Martha Wilson as the recipient of the Jane Green Endowment for Studies in Art History and Criticism. For this presentation, Wilson will trace her work as a performance artist, activist, and the founder and ongoing Director of Franklin Furnace, the New York-based alternative art […]
read more »Martha Wilson Book Release at SF Camerawork
Join SF Camerawork for a special evening with artist Martha Wilson as they celebrate the release of her new book, Martha Wilson Sourcebook: 40 Years of Reconsidering Performance, Feminism, Alternative Spaces, a collection of primary research materials consisting of rare archival documents and excerpts of landmark publications that influenced Wilson and her approach to activism […]
read more »Martha Wilson New York Studio Event
The Artists Brooklyn Studio 6.30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. “If I were to make a list of the half-dozen most important people for art in downtown Manhattan in the 1970s the real downtown, the then-sparsely settled west-side area between Canal Street and Battery Park the conceptual artist and performer Martha Wilson would be […]
read more »Martha Wilson offers her perspective on feminist research
5:00 PM Martha Wilson offers her perspective on feminist research A lecture by Martha Wilson in conjunction with the Compulsive Browse Colloquium, a two-year research project supported by the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art at Concordia University. FREE ADMISSION
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