Schneemann to get career Golden Lion at Art Biennale (3)

(ANSA) - Venice, April 13 - 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).