"I take the position that I do not ask anyone else to do what I myself would not do and using myself as subject . . . as material (I) want to displace the power and separation of the artist from what's made. In the masculine tradition the director, the producer is always outside of the work because he's above it."
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Carolee Schneemann
1939 – 2019
(1939-2019) was an American visual experimentational artist, known for her multi-media works on the body, narrative, sexuality and gender.
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