American visual artist Carolee
Schneemann is to get the Career Golden lion at the 57th Venice
Art Biennale next month, organisers said Thursday.
Schneemann, 77, will get the award on May 13.
Known for her discourses on the body, sexuality and gender,
Schneemann's works have been associated with a variety of art
classifications including Fluxus, Neo-Dada, Performance art, the
Beat Generation, and happenings.
She started work in the late 50s after receiving a B.A. from
Bard College and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of
Illinois.
Her work is primarily characterized by research into visual
traditions, taboos, and the body of the individual in
relationship to social bodies.
They have been shown at the Los Angeles Museum of
Contemporary Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the
London National Film Theatre, and many other venues.
Schneemann has taught at several universities, including the
California Institute of the Arts, the School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, Hunter College, and Rutgers University.
Additionally, she has published widely, producing works such
as Cézanne, She Was a Great Painter (1976) and More than Meat
Joy: Performance Works and Selected Writings (1997).
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