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The Artist Project: Martha Rosler

Feb 29, 2016 3 MINUTES
"I have always gone to The Met to sit and think and look at work. But The Cloisters is, in itself, a work of art."

Artist Martha Rosler reflects on The Met Cloisters in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Martha Rosler is an American conceptual artist who works in a wide range of mediums, including video, photo-text, installation, and performance.

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A Black and white video still from Martha Rosler's

Martha Rosler (American)

Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975

Single-channel digital video, transferred from video tape, black-and-white, sound, 6 min., 9 sec. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Henry Nias Foundation Inc. Gift, 2010 (2010.245) Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

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