Maintenance Artist

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Freilich, Toby Perl, film director.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ukeles, Mierle.

Genre:

Biographical films

Documentary films

Feature films

Nonfiction films

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

Projectr

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] [Projectr] 2025

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

After motherhood disrupted her art career, Mierle Laderman Ukeles issued a radical manifesto declaring childcare and housework as performance art. Entering the male-dominated 1960s avant-garde, she challenged art's scorn for maintenance and care. Expanding her vision, Ukeles collaborated with overlooked museum workers and, in 1977, became artist-in-residence at NYC Sanitation, honoring essential labor. Using newly digitized archives, MAINTENANCE ARTIST traces her transformation of maintenance into a powerful force in contemporary art

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