Eleanor Antin

© Eleanor Antin/ Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Ar…
Eleanor Antin
© Eleanor Antin/ Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.
Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York / www.feldmangallery.com

Eleanor Antin

American performance artist, conceptual artist, and photographer, born 1935
BiographyA filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist, Eleanor Antin creates multiple personae by altering her physical appearance and actions. The artist invents characters, such as Eleanora Antinova—the fictitious African American ballerina of the Ballets Russes—to challenge existing conditions with a proposition for change. Her feminist concerns center on confronting biological restrictions—like sex and age—that limit access to opportunity.
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  • conceptual artists
  • performance artists
  • photographers
  • female
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