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Hannah Wilke (born Arlene Hannah Butter; (March 7, 1940 – January 28, 1993) was an American painter, sculptor, photographer, video artist and performance artist. Wilke's work is known for exploring issues of feminism , sexuality and femininity .
- NEA Grants in sculpture and performance, Guggenheim Grant for sculpture
- American
- Stella Elkins Tyler School of Fine Art, Temple U, Philadelphia
Learn about Hannah Wilke, an American artist who used her own body and ephemeral materials to challenge stereotypes and objectification of women. Explore her paintings, performances, videos, and sculptures that explore female identity, sexuality, and postmodernism.
- American
- March 7, 1940
- New York City, USA
- January 28, 1993
Hannah Wilke was a conceptual and performance artist who explored themes of femininity, sexuality, and identity. She created works such as Untitled (1967), In the Doghouse (1973), and Hello Boys (1975), and participated in exhibitions at MoMA and MoMA PS1.
Hannah Wilke was a pioneer of performance and photographic art that challenged the male gaze and celebrated female sexuality. Learn about her life, works, and legacy on artnet, where you can find her artworks for sale and auction.
- American
Jun 1, 2021 · “Hannah Wilke was a provocateur—a certain notoriety followed her and she also cultivated it,” says Tamara Schenkenberg, the curator of an exhibition at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St ...
Oct 20, 2021 · A review of Hannah Wilke's retrospective at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, which explores her practice of living and making art as one. The article focuses on her use of the fold as a gesture of paradox, pleasure, and feminized labor in her sculptures and performances.
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Emblematic of the revolutionary times in which she lived, Wilke emerged from the 1960s with a practice that reshaped the conversation about the relationship between feminism, art, and the role of women in society just as the Women’s Liberation Movement took off. She used her work to establish an iconography that centers the female body and ...
