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American artist and critic '''Martha Rosler''' (Born July 29, 1943) is best known for her videos and photography, photo-text, installation, and performance, as well as writing about art and culture. Rosler's son is the graphic novelist Josh Neufeld. They have collaborated on a number of projects.
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American artist and critic '''Martha Rosler''' (born 1943) is best known for her videos and photography, photo-text, installation, and performance, as well as writing about art and culture. Rosler's son is the graphic novelist Josh Neufeld. They have collaborated on a number of projects.
  
==Life and work==
 
 
She has also lived and taught in Canada. She graduated from Brooklyn College (1965) and the University of California, San Diego (1974). Rosler has also been an original and influential cultural critic and theorist for over twenty-five years. The writings collected here address such key topics as documentary photography, feminist art, video, government patronage of the arts, censorship, and the future of digitally based photographic media. Mixing analysis and wit, Rosler challenges many of the fundamental precepts of contemporary art practice. Her influential essay ''In, around, and afterthoughts: on documentary photography'' (1981) almost single-handedly dismantled the myth of liberal documentary photography when it appeared. Many of the essays of ''Decoys and Disruptions'' volume have had a similarly wide-ranging influence. Martha Rosler's essays have been published widely in catalogues, magazines, such as ''Artforum'', ''Afterimage'', ''Quaderns'', ''e-flux journal'', ''Texte zur Kunst'' and ''Grey Room''.
 
She has also lived and taught in Canada. She graduated from Brooklyn College (1965) and the University of California, San Diego (1974). Rosler has also been an original and influential cultural critic and theorist for over twenty-five years. The writings collected here address such key topics as documentary photography, feminist art, video, government patronage of the arts, censorship, and the future of digitally based photographic media. Mixing analysis and wit, Rosler challenges many of the fundamental precepts of contemporary art practice. Her influential essay ''In, around, and afterthoughts: on documentary photography'' (1981) almost single-handedly dismantled the myth of liberal documentary photography when it appeared. Many of the essays of ''Decoys and Disruptions'' volume have had a similarly wide-ranging influence. Martha Rosler's essays have been published widely in catalogues, magazines, such as ''Artforum'', ''Afterimage'', ''Quaderns'', ''e-flux journal'', ''Texte zur Kunst'' and ''Grey Room''.
 
==Awards==
 
* the ''Spectrum International Prize'' in Photography, 2005
 
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
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* ''Decoys and Disruptions. Selected Writings, 1975-2001'', October Books, 2004
 
* ''Decoys and Disruptions. Selected Writings, 1975-2001'', October Books, 2004
  
==Links==
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==External links==
 
* [http://www.martharosler.net/ Official website]
 
* [http://www.martharosler.net/ Official website]
* [http://www.egs.edu/faculty/martha-rosler/biography/ Martha Rosler Biography]
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* [http://www.egs.edu/faculty/martha-rosler/biography/ Rosler's biography]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_rosler Rosler on Wikipedia]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_rosler Rosler at Wikipedia]
  
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Revision as of 11:25, 19 January 2014

American artist and critic Martha Rosler (born 1943) is best known for her videos and photography, photo-text, installation, and performance, as well as writing about art and culture. Rosler's son is the graphic novelist Josh Neufeld. They have collaborated on a number of projects.

She has also lived and taught in Canada. She graduated from Brooklyn College (1965) and the University of California, San Diego (1974). Rosler has also been an original and influential cultural critic and theorist for over twenty-five years. The writings collected here address such key topics as documentary photography, feminist art, video, government patronage of the arts, censorship, and the future of digitally based photographic media. Mixing analysis and wit, Rosler challenges many of the fundamental precepts of contemporary art practice. Her influential essay In, around, and afterthoughts: on documentary photography (1981) almost single-handedly dismantled the myth of liberal documentary photography when it appeared. Many of the essays of Decoys and Disruptions volume have had a similarly wide-ranging influence. Martha Rosler's essays have been published widely in catalogues, magazines, such as Artforum, Afterimage, Quaderns, e-flux journal, Texte zur Kunst and Grey Room.

Literature

  • Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1974/75
  • Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained, 1977
  • Losing: A Conversation with the Parents, 1977
  • Martha Rosler: 3 Works, Press of the Nova Scotia college of Art and Design, 1981
  • Martha Rosler Reads Vogue, 1982
  • Born to Be Sold: Martha Rosler Reads the Strange Case of Baby S/M, 1988
  • Decoys and Disruptions. Selected Writings, 1975-2001, October Books, 2004

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