"Mary Beth Edelson, Feminist Art Pioneer, Is Dead at 88," Online Obituary, The New York Times, by Jillian Steinhauer; May 26, 2021 . Her revision of The Last Supper was a defining image for the... Read full biography
"Mary Beth Edelson, Feminist Art Pioneer, Is Dead at 88," Online Obituary, The New York Times, by Jillian Steinhauer; May 26, 2021 . Her revision of The Last Supper was a defining image for the movement in the ’70s, and her ritualistic performances would be an influence for decades. Mary Beth... Read full biography
"Mary Beth Edelson, Feminist Art Pioneer, Is Dead at 88," Online Obituary, The New York Times, by Jillian Steinhauer; May 26, 2021 . Her revision of The Last Supper was a defining image for the movement in the ’70s, and her ritualistic performances would be an influence for decades. Mary Beth Edelson, a pivotal artist and organizer in the feminist art movement of the 1970s who was known as much for her participation in public protests as for her ritualistic performances, died on April 20 in... Read full biography
"Mary Beth Edelson, Feminist Art Pioneer, Is Dead at 88," Online Obituary, The New York Times, by Jillian Steinhauer; May 26, 2021 . Her revision of The Last Supper was a defining image for the movement in the ’70s, and her ritualistic performances would be an influence for decades. Mary Beth Edelson, a pivotal artist and organizer in the feminist art movement of the 1970s who was known as much for her participation in public protests as for her ritualistic performances, died on April 20 in Ocean Grove, N.J. She was 88. The cause was end-stage Alzheimer’s disease, said her son, Nicholas Edelson. What may be Ms. Edelson’s most famous work is also one of the defining images of the feminist art movement. She made it early in her career, when... Read full biography
"Mary Beth Edelson, Feminist Art Pioneer, Is Dead at 88," Online Obituary, The New York Times, by Jillian Steinhauer; May 26, 2021 . Her revision of The Last Supper was a defining image for the movement in the ’70s, and her ritualistic performances would be an influence for decades. Mary Beth Edelson, a pivotal artist and organizer in the feminist art movement of the 1970s who was known as much for her participation in public protests as for her ritualistic performances, died on April 20 in Ocean Grove, N.J. She was 88. The cause was end-stage Alzheimer’s disease, said her son, Nicholas Edelson. What may be Ms. Edelson’s most famous work is also one of the defining images of the feminist art movement. She made it early in her career, when she was trying to move away from painting and into alternative forms of art. Taking a more conceptual approach... Read full biography
Mary Beth Edelson - Artist Info
About Mary Beth Edelson: Books
Books & Publications (14)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Radical Gestures: Feminism and Performance Art in North America
2006
Wark, Jayne
285 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into the Mainstream