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1933 East Chicago, Indiana - 2021 Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Known for: Feminist themed painting, collage, photomontage and performance art.
"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
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Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Photo Collage/Photo Montage
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Theatre Scene Painting, Stage/Set Design for Television and/or Movies
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
Art Style
- •Performance Art, Happenings
Art Subject
- •Feminist Themes, Women's Equality, Feminism
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Collaborative Artwork, Collaboration
- •Genre Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •Professional Museum and Art/ or Art Gallerist
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York