Wendy Geller

Wendy Geller
Born 1957 (1957)
Died 1996 (aged 38–39)
Nationality Canadian
Education Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
Notable work 48-Hour Beauty Blitz, 1982
Style video art

Wendy Geller (1957-1996) was a Canadian video artist, graphic artist, and educator.

Early life and education

Wendy Geller was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1957. She received her B.F.A. from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD), and an M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego.[1]

Career

Geller worked as an Assistant Professor at the Kansas City Art Institute from 1987-1990. From 1992 to 1994, she was active as a member of the Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York.

Work

Geller's video work often featured herself as a performer. Works such as 48-Hour Beauty Blitz (1982) examine cultural standards of feminine beauty from a feminist perspective.[2] Her work has also been noted for its humorous perspective on gender and sexuality.[3] Toward the end of her life, Geller produced small, hand-worked sculptures from found objects which she called "Shwabties", inspired by ancient Egyptian funerary figures, and created works on paper that took the form of illuminated pages from books, particularly medical texts. Critics have noted a shamanistic aspect of these later works.[4]

Geller's video work is distributed by Video Pool in Winnipeg and Vtape in Toronto.[5][6] Her work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.[7]

Major exhibitions

Retrospective exhibitions of Geller's work were held in 1998 at the St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre (Manitoba, Canada)[4] and in 2003 at the Centre for Art Tapes and Dalhousie Art Gallery (Halifax).[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Wendy Geller". VUCAVU. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  2. ↑ Wark, Jayne (Winter 1997). "Wendy Geller's 48-Hour Beauty Blitz: Gender, Class, and the Pleasures of Popular Culture". Art Journal. 56 (4): 41–47.
  3. ↑ Moore, Sandee (Feb 2010). "A Gift of the Self: Performing Risk". Border Crossings. 29 (1): 64–65.
  4. 1 2 Karlinsky, Amy; May, Louise W. (1998). Wendy Geller : that which cannot be contained : St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, September 20 to November 13, 1998. St. Norbert, Man.: St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre. ISBN 1-896699-06-5.
  5. ↑ "Artist - Vtape - Wendy Geller". www.vtape.org. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "vp . artist . Wendy Geller". www.videopool.org. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Wendy Geller: 48-Hour Beauty Blitz". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  8. ↑ Wark, Jayne; Geller, Wendy (2003). Matter, flesh, spirit, ground : an overview of the video work of Wendy Geller. Halifax, NS: Centre for Art Tapes and Dalhousie Art Gallery.


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