A richly illustrated exploration of Hannah Wilke-s provocative art and trailblazing feminism
One of the most groundbreaking artists to emerge in American art in the 1960s, Hannah Wilke consistently challenged the prevailing narratives of women-s bodies and their representation throughout her career, until her untimely death in 1993. Wilke established a uniquely feminist iconography in virtually all of the mediums she engaged with-painting, sculpture, photography, video, and performance art-and offered a life-affirming expression of vitality and bodily pleasure in her work.
Hannah Wilke: Art for Life-s Sake highlights the artist-s full range of expression, bringing together photographs, works on paper, video, and examples of Wilke-s sculptures in clay and other, nonconventional materials such as latex, kneaded erasers, and chewing gum. New object photography brings clarity to Wilke-s boundary-crossing art practice, making many of her rarely shown works acc
