Eleanor Antin
Eleanor Antin: The Angel of Mercy
San Diego, USA: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1977
18 pp., 20.4 x 23 cm., softcover
Edition size unknown
The catalog for an exhibition at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, where Antin performed as a 19th century, Clara Barton-esque nurse. The publication ncludes photographs staged in a British Victorian style which seem to depict life in an army camp during the Crimean War. Scenes include a piano performance, surgery in a field hospital, chess, and a deserter’s execution. The title also includes essays by Jonathan Crary and Kim Levin.
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