"I still think the social function of art is that kind of negative aesthetic. Otherwise there’s no social function for it."
"The Angel of Mercy" (1977)
"The Angel of Mercy," 1977
"Eleanor Antin, Myself 1854 (Carte de Visite)" from "The Nightingale Family Album"
One of 25 tinted gelatin-silver prints, mounted on handmade paper with text, 18 x 13 inches each
Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
"Eleanor Antin, Myself 1854 (Carte de Visite)" from "The Nightingale Family Album"
One of 25 tinted gelatin-silver prints, mounted on handmade paper with text, 18 x 13 inches each
Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
"There’s the grand nurse, Eleanor Nightingale, who invented nursing as a profession for women...a rather complex and tragic tale."
- Eleanor Antin
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