Carolee Schneemann

Carolee Schneemann (12 October 1939 – 6 March 2019) was an American visual artist, known for her discourses on the body, sexuality and gender. She received a B.A. from Bard College and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois. Her work is primarily characterized by research into visual traditions, taboos, and the body of the individual in relation to social bodies.

Films

• Meat Joy, 1964.
• Viet Flakes, 1965.
• Fuses, 1965.
• Snows, 1967.
• Plumb Line, 1968-71.
• Interior Scroll - The Cave, 1975-95.
• Up To and Including Her Limits, 1976.
• Infinity Kisses - The Movie, 2008.

Catalogues

• Carolee Schneemann: Up to and Including Her Limits, New York: New Museum, 1996, 68 pp. Catalogue of the first museum exhibition devoted to three decades of Schneemann’s work in the United States. Excerpt.
• Carolee Schneemann: Kinetic Painting, ed. Sabine Breitwieser, Salzburg: Museum der Moderne Salzburg, and Munich: Prestel, 2015, 331 pp. Catalogue. [1]

Writings

• Carolee Schneemann: Uncollected Texts, ed. Branden W. Joseph, Brooklyn, NY: Primary Information, 2018, 150 pp. [2]

Interviews

• Robert Haller Interviews Carolee Schneemann, Nov 1973, 32 min. Audio.
• "Carolee Schneemann", Artforum, Jun 2012. Video. Interviewed as part of an ongoing commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Judson. [3]

Correspondence

• Correspondence Course: An Epistolary History of Carolee Schneemann and Her Circle, ed. Kristine Stiles, Duke University Press, 2010, 576 pp. Reviews: Higgins (Theatre Research Int), Augsburg (TDR), Boaden (Contemporary Theatre Rev).

Literature

• Anja Foerschner, Rachel Rivenc, "Documenting Carolee Schneemann's Performance Works", Getty Research Journal 10, 2018, pp 167-189.

Archives

• Carolee Schneemann papers, circa 1954-2012, Stanford Libraries
• Carolee Schneemann papers, 1959-1994, Getty Research Centre

Links

• http://www.caroleeschneemann.com