Mierle Laderman Ukeles - "Who Cares?" Keynote for 2022 Discard Studies Conference

Описание: "Who Cares?" a virtual keynote presentation from artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles, delivered on October 12, 2022, in honor of the 2022 Discard Studies Conference and the companion exhibit in The Gallatin Galleries, "Mierle Laderman Ukele: Chasing the Humming of Life." The keynote presentation includes an introduction by NYU Gallatin faculty member Rosalind Fredericks, followed by remarks from Gallatin's Eugenia Kisin and Keith Miller and a Q&A with the audience. #DiscardStudies #MierleLadermanUkeles

About Mierle Laderman Ukeles:
Mierle Laderman Ukeles (1939) received a BA in international relations from Barnard College and an MA in interrelated arts from New York University. In 1977, she was appointed the first official, unsalaried Artist-in-Residence at the New York City Department of Sanitation. Her seminal work, "MAINTENANCE ART MANIFESTO 1969! Proposal for an exhibition "CARE" (1969), and subsequent works brought her international recognition for work that addresses issues related to the environment, waste, labor, feminism, and the many unseen people that keep urban environments alive. Beginning with Touch Sanitation (1979), she has created numerous public works that engage systems of maintenance all over the world, including work ballets in New York, Pittsburgh, France, Holland, and Japan. She is represented by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts and has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim, Andy Warhol, Joan Mitchell, and Anonymous Was a Woman foundations.