ELEANOR ANTIN
CONVERSATIONS WITH STALIN
Jewish Museum, Columbia University School of the Arts,
Brooklyn Museum and Whitney Museum
26/10/2012 - 3/11/2012
Through posts of 140 characters or less, the artist will "read" stanzas of a story from her memoir, Conversations with Stalin, before embarking on four additional performances throughout New York City.
Eleanor Antin's black-comic memoir Conversations with Stalin is written in the coming-of-age picaresque tradition of Holden Caulfield, Huck Finn, Little Orphan Annie and the irrepressible Dorothy on the road to Oz.
In New York, Antin will present a week-long performative reading of the entire memoir in four parts, presenting four consecutive chapters at each of four sites in New York City: The Jewish Museum, Columbia University School of the Arts, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Whitney Museum.
Visitors are invited to attend any or all of the readings.
Each performance can be experienced independently as well as in tandem.
A closing reception for the artist will be held at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts on November 3, 6-8 p.m.
