Hannah Wilke Through the Large Glass
Photograph courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, New York.
Object Label
Through the Large Glass documents one of Wilke’s most effective and well-known performances, in which she executed a languid striptease behind the cracked transparent surface of Marcel Duchamp’s famous work The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass), 1915–23, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1976. Dressed in a fedora and a man’s white satin suit, she strikes a series of poses evoking the style of 1970s fashion photography and then strips, cleverly suggesting bride and bachelor simultaneously. In her self-conscious affectation of a fashion model, Wilke willfully uses her own image and her sexuality to confront the erotic representation of women in art history and popular culture.
Caption
Hannah Wilke American, 1940–1993. Hannah Wilke Through the Large Glass, 1976. 16mm film on video, color, silent, 10 minutes. Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund, 2008.38. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Photograph courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, New York., CUR.2008.38.jpg)
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Artist
Title
Hannah Wilke Through the Large Glass
Date
1976
Medium
16mm film on video, color, silent, 10 minutes
Classification
Credit Line
Frank Sherman Benson Fund
Accession Number
2008.38
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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