Carolee Schneemann

body as structural event

Carolee Schneemann was an American artist whose work spans performance, film, painting, and assemblage. Emerging in the 1960s, she challenged traditional boundaries of art by using her own body as a site of agency, critique, and transformation.

Schneemann’s performances often dealt with sexuality, power, and feminist politics, while her films use rapid montage and layered imagery to address desire, violence, and the politics of representation.

Carolee Schneemann was an American multidisciplinary artist known for boundary-breaking performances and films addressing sexuality, gender politics, and embodiment.

Carolee Schneemann was an American artist known for radical performances and films that use the body to confront sexuality, power, and political violence.

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