Carolee Schneemann

Biography

Carolee Schneemann, a groundbreaking performance and multidisciplinary artist, has used film and video since the 1960s. Shattering taboos and redefining the notion of the erotic, she confronts sexuality, gender, and the social construction of the female body. Her seminal performances of the 1970s were as transgressive as they were influential. Schneemann continues to provoke, as she explores female sexuality in relation to art-making, ritual, and culture.

Known For

Cat's Cradle

as Self

Fuses

No. 4

as Herself

!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

as Herself

Sleepless Nights Stories

as Self

Meat Joy

as Leading Woman

Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

Plumb Line

Valie Export - Icon and Rebel

as Herself

Birth of a Nation

as Self