Eleanor Antin
(b. 1935 in The Bronx, NY, lives and works in San Diego, CA)
Eleanor Antin works in photography, video, film, installation, drawing, performance, and writing. A key figure of conceptual art movements of the 1970s, Antin's ground-breaking practice spans five decades and has covered themes surrounding identity, gender, autobiography, class and social structures. Rearticulating historical narratives, both real and fictitious, she explores the tropes of feminist and conceptual art.
Roman Allegories, a series of large-scale, staged, and painterly photographs, depicts allegorical scenes from an imagined ancient Rome as Hollywoodesque versions of "orientalistic" romantic and neo-classical paintings by Nicolas Poussin, Jacques-Louis David and other 19th century French "Salon" paintings. The works are affectionate spoofs on classical culture with metaphorical parallels that point to the excesses of contemporary consumer economy, mixing theatrical backdrops and costumes with props from everyday life.
Over the last 50 years Antin has performed and exhibited her work internationally. She has been the subject of numerous major solo institutional exhibitions, including ICA, Boston, MA (2014); San Diego Art Museum, San Diego, CA (2008); Arnolfini, Bristol, UK and Mead Gallery, Warwick, UK (2001); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (1999) and. In 1975, her seminal exhibition 100 Boots was debuted at MoMA, New York, NY. Often as a performance artist, she has appeared in venues all around the world, including the Serpentine Gallery, London, UK (2017); The Brooklyn Museum (2012); Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany (2007); the 37th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, Italy (2005) and The Sydney Opera House, Australia (2002). She has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Woman's Caucus of the College Art Association, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1997, and a Media Achievement Award from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture in 1998.
Her work is included in many important public collections such as the Tate Modern; Art Institute of Chicago; Whitney Museum; Museum of Modern Art (MoMA); The Jewish Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Pompidou Paris; Museion, Museum of Contemporary Art of Bolzano; Sammlung Verbund Collection, Vienna, amongst others.
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Stalin Dancing, 2009
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Stalin in Love, 2009
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Staling Dancing, 2009
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Constructing Helen from « Helen's Odissey » , 2007
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Judgment of Paris (after Rubens) - Dark Helen from « Helen's Odyssey », 2007
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The Lovers (from Roman Allegories), 2004
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The Players (from Roman Allegories), 2004
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The Sad Song of Colombine (from Roman Allegories), 2004
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Who are we? Where are we going? (from Roman Allegories), 2004
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The Artist's Studio from The Last Days of Pompeii, 2001
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… here ? from « The king of Solona Beach », 1974-75
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… HERE ? FROM « THE KING OF SOLONA BEACH », 1974-75
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… HERE ? FROM « THE KING OF SOLONA BEACH », 1974-75
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100 BOOTS ON THE FERRY Upper Harbor, New York City. May 16, 1973 11:20 a.m., 1973
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100 BOOTS DOING THEIR BEST Del Mar, California. June 24, 1972 11:30 a.m., 1972
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The King, 1972
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100 BOOTS TURN THE CORNER Solana Beach, California. May 17, 1971 2:00 p.m., 1971
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Eleanor Antin, The Empire of Signs, exhibition view at Erna Hecey Brussels, 3 February - 14 April 2007
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Eleanor Antin, The Empire of Signs, exhibition view at Erna Hecey Brussels, 3 February - 14 April 2007
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Eleanor Antin, The Empire of Signs, exhibition view at Erna Hecey Brussels, 3 February - 14 April 2007
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Eleanor Antin, Classical Frieze, exhibition view at Erna Hecey Brussels, 22 November 2009 - 31 January 2010, ©photo Philippe de Gobert
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Eleanor Antin, Classical Frieze, exhibition view at Erna Hecey Brussels, 22 November 2009 - 31 January 2010, ©photo Philippe de Gobert
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Eleanor Antin, Classical Frieze, exhibition view at Erna Hecey Brussels, 22 November 2009 - 31 January 2010, ©photo Philippe de Gobert
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Eleanor Antin, Classical Frieze, exhibition view at Erna Hecey Brussels, 22 November 2009 - 31 January 2010, ©photo Philippe de Gobert
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Eleanor Antin, Classical Frieze, exhibition view at Erna Hecey Brussels, 22 November 2009 - 31 January 2010, ©photo Philippe de Gobert
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Eleanor Antin, Classical Frieze, exhibition view at Erna Hecey Brussels, 22 November 2009 - 31 January 2010, ©photo Philippe de Gobert
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Eleanor Antin, Classical Frieze, exhibition view at Erna Hecey Brussels, 22 November 2009 - 31 January 2010, ©photo Philippe de Gobert
ELEANOR ANTIN
Classical Frieze
22 November 2009 – 9 January 2010
Erna Hecey Gallery, Brussels
Reading by Eleanor Antin from “Conversations with Stalin”
Performance Saturday 21 November 2009 4:30 pm
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Eleanor Antin
Bloom, Lisa E.; Fox, Howard N. Bloom, Lisa E.; Fox, Howard N., 1999softcover, 264 pagesRead more
Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
ISBN: 0-911291-27-X
Dimensions: 16,5 x 2,5 x 24,1 cm -
Eleanor Antin
100 Boots Eleanor Antin, 199916 x 23.5 cmRead more
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN: 16 x 23.5 cm
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Eleanor Antin, Marcel Broodthaers, and John Murphy | History Tales Fact and Fiction in History Painting
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna | September 27, 2023 – May 26, 2024 November 8, 2023History Tales. Fact and Fiction in History Painting examines history painting in the light of the Academy's own historical collections – its Paintings Gallery, Graphic...Read more -
OFFSCREEN PARIS 2023 | Solo Presentation by Eleanor Antin
October 18-22, 2023, Paris October 9, 2023We are pleased to return to the second edition of OFFSCREEN at The Grand Garage Haussmann, an incredible new venue in the center of Paris....Read more