Mierle Laderman Ukeles
Mierle Laderman Ukeles
Biography
Since 1977, when Mierle Laderman Ukeles became the official, unsalaried Artist-in-Residence at the New York City Department of Sanitation—a position she still holds—she has created art that deals with the endless maintenance and service work that “keeps the city alive,” urban waste flows, recycling, ecology, urban sustainability and our power to transform degraded land and water into healthy inhabitable public places.
Ukeles asks whether we can design modes of survival -- for a thriving planet, not an entropic one – that don’t crush our personal and civic freedom and silence the individual’s voice.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Mierle Laderman Ukeles's MANIFESTO FOR MAINTENANCE ART, 1969! Proposal for an exhibition: “CARE”, 1969. To view manifesto click here.
Select Press
Artforum Group Show Maintenance Work
Hyperallergic Group Show How Mierle Laderman Ukeles Turned Maintenance Work into Art
The New York Times Group Show An Artist Redefines Power. With Sanitation Equipment.
The New Yorker Group Show Mierle Laderman Ukeles and the Art of Work
Exhibitions
May 08 – Jun 19, 2020 Group Show Prescient: A Five-by-Five Virtual Exhibition
Jun 11 – Aug 23, 2018 Group Show Reprise: Summer Show 2018
Jun 21 – Jul 25, 2014 Group Show Labor Intensive
Jun 05 – Jul 30, 2009 Group Show Black & White Works
Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. The gallery is located in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City and exhibits performance, photography, new media, film, painting, drawing and sculpture.
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