---
title: Mierle Laderman Ukeles
date: 2017-08-08T11:50:00-04:00
author: Graham Murray
canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles"
section: Artist Home
---
[![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) 

    

 ![](/src/images/search.svg) 

View Artists

Search

Artists

 

 [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News &amp; Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) 

 [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) 

 [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) 

 

 ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg)  

 

 

 

 ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg)Artists

 [ View With Images

  

 ](/artist_overview) 

 Jump to: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

  A  

 [ Arakawa

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/arakawa-) [ Conrad Atkinson

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/conrad-atkinson) [ Eleanor Antin

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/eleanor-antin) [ Ida Applebroog

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/ida-applebroog-) [ Jim Anderson

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/jim-anderson-) 

 

  B  

 [ Alexander Brodsky

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/alexander-brodsky) [ Brandon Ballengée

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/brandon-balleng%C3%A9e) [ Brodsky &amp; Utkin

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/brodsky-utkin) [ Chris Burden

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/chris-burden-) [ Joseph Beuys

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/joseph-beuys) 

 

  C  

 [ Cassils

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) [ Keith Cottingham

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/keith-cottingham) [ Nancy Chunn

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/nancy-chun) 

 

  D  

 [ Eric Dyer

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/eric-dyer) [ Milena Dopitová

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/milena-dopitova) 

 

  F  

 [ Carl Fudge

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/carl-fudge) [ Terry Fox

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/terry-fox) 

 

  G  

 [ Leon Golub

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/leon-golub-) [ Rico Gatson

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/rico-gatson) [ Yishay Garbasz

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/yishay-garbasz) 

 

  H  

 [ Cameron Hayes

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cameron-hayes) [ Christine Hill

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/christine-hill) [ Helen Mayer &amp; Newton Harrison

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/helen-mayer-harrison-newton-harrison) [ Kelly Heaton

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/kelly-heaton) [ Margaret Harrison

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/margaret-harrison) [ Shih Chieh Huang

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/shih-chieh-huang) 

 

  J  

 [ Simone Jones

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/simone-jones) 

 

  K  

 [ Brian Knep

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/brian-knep) [ Komar &amp; Melamid

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/komar-melamid) [ Peggy Jarrell Kaplan

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/peggy-jarrell-kaplan) [ Vitaly Komar

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/vitaly-komar) 

 

  L  

 [ Kim Levin

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/kim-levin-) 

 

  M  

 [ McCarren/Fine

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mccarren-fine) 

 

  O  

 [ Pepón Osorio

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/pep%C3%B3n-osorio) [ The Oakes Twins

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/the-oakes-twins) 

 

  P  

 [ Bruce Pearson

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/bruce-pearson) [ Panamarenko

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/panamarenko) 

 

  R  

 [ Fredric Riskin

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/fredric-riskin-1) [ Richard Ross

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/richard-ross) 

 

  S  

 [ Diemut Strebe

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [ Edwin Schlossberg

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/edwin-schlossberg) [ Federico Solmi

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/federico-solmi-) [ Jason Salavon

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/jason-salavon) [ Todd Siler

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/todd-siler) 

 

  U  

 [ Mierle Laderman Ukeles

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) 

 

  V  

 [ Sam Van Aken

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) 

 

  W  

 [ Allan Wexler

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/allan-wexler) [ Andy Warhol

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/andy-warhol) [ Clemens Weiss

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/clemens-weiss) [ Hannah Wilke

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) 

 

  Y  

 [ Gil Yefman

 ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) 

 

 

 

 

 [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) 

 Mierle Laderman Ukeles

 ![Ukeles Hero](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/3094/ukeles-hero.jpg) 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Touch Sanitation Performance, 1979-1980

 

 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 [](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/manifesto-for-maintenance-art-1969)**[here](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/manifesto-for-maintenance-art-1969).**

 

 [  ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View CV  ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/artistCV/Ukeles_bio_2026-03-09-194003_aire.pdf)  
   
 [  ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Packet  ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Ukeles-Selected-Press_200811_173030.pdf)  
   
 

  

  

  Select Press

   

   Mar 24, 2020  [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles-Touch-Sanitation-1979-80_18.JPG)  ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-ukeles-artforum-russeth) 

    Artforum   Group Show  [  Maintenance Work  ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-ukeles-artforum-russeth)

  

   Feb 09, 2017  [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/press-thumbnails/MLU_71A9340-PreviewOnly.jpg)  ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-ukeles-hyper-allergic) 

    Hyperallergic   Group Show  [  How Mierle Laderman Ukeles Turned Maintenance Work into Art  ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2017-ukeles-hyper-allergic)

  

   Sep 14, 2016  [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/press-thumbnails/Ukeles-Touch-Sanitation_03.JPG)  ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2016-ukeles-nytimes-1) 

    The New York Times   Group Show  [  An Artist Redefines Power. With Sanitation Equipment.  ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2016-ukeles-nytimes-1)

  

   Nov 06, 2016  [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/press-thumbnails/Ukeles-Touch-Sanitation_25.JPG)  ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2016-ukeles-new-yorker) 

    The New Yorker   Group Show  [  Mierle Laderman Ukeles and the Art of Work  ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2017/2016-ukeles-new-yorker)

  

  

  

  Exhibitions

   

  [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Burden-Doorway-to-Heaven-1973_2025-08-26-193130_lpzr.jpg)  ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/352-group-exhibition-performance-activist-and-existential-photographs) 

    Sep 2025 – Jan 2026   Group Show  [  Performance, Activist, and Existential Photographs  ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/352-group-exhibition-performance-activist-and-existential-photographs)

  

  [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/2007-armory-show/Ukeles-Armory2007-reflection-in-truckB.JPG)  ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/256-the-armory-show-ukeles-2-23-2-26-2007) 

    Feb 22 – Feb 25, 2007   Mierle Laderman Ukeles  [  The Armory Show: Mierle Laderman Ukeles  ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/256-the-armory-show-ukeles-2-23-2-26-2007)

  

  [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles-Washing-Tracks-Maintenance-Outside-1973_KK15.JPG)  ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/193-maintenance-art-works-ukeles-5-8-6-13-1998) 

    May 07 – Jun 12, 1998   Mierle Laderman Ukeles  [  Maintenance Art Works  ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/193-maintenance-art-works-ukeles-5-8-6-13-1998)

  

  [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles-Touch-Sanitation-Performance-1977-80.JPG)  ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/096-touch-sanitation-ukeles-9-9-10-5-1984) 

    Sep 05 – Oct 04, 1984   Mierle Laderman Ukeles  [  Touch Sanitation  ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/096-touch-sanitation-ukeles-9-9-10-5-1984)

  

 [See All Exhibitions

  ](/past_exhibitions/mierle-laderman-ukeles)

 

  

  

  ![Snow Workers Ballet-1](/assets/artist_images/Ukeles/Snow-Workers-Ballet-1.JPG) 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Snow Workers Ballet, 2012

 

View Gallery

 

 

 

 

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Snow Workers Ballet-1]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Snow Workers Ballet, 2012

 

 

 ![Snow Workers Ballet-2]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Snow Workers Ballet, 2012

 

 

 ![Snow Workers Ballet-4]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Snow Workers Ballet, 2012

 

 

 ![Ukeles Snow Workers Ballet Romeo And Juliet July 21 2003 1 Of 8 Copy]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Romeo and Juliet Sequence, 2003

from Snow Workers' Ballet

 

 

 ![Ukeles Snow Workers Ballet Romeo And Juliet July 21 2003 2 Of 8 1]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Romeo and Juliet Sequence, 2003

from Snow Workers' Ballet

 

 

 ![Ukeles The Social Mirror 1983]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

The Social Mirror, 1983

 

 

 ![Ukeles Touch Sanitation 10]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Touch Sanitation Performance, 1979-1980

"Handshake Ritual" with works of NYC Department of Sanitation

 

 

 ![Ukeles Touch Sanitation 01]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Touch Sanitation Performance, 1979-1980

City-wide performance with 8,500 NYC Department of Sanitation workers

 

 

 ![Ukeles Touch Sanitation 26]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Touch Sanitation Performance, 1979-1980

 

 

 ![Ukeles Touch Sanitation 11]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Touch Sanitation Performance, 1979-1980

"Handshake Ritual" with workers of NYC Department of Sanitation

 

 

 ![Ukeles I Make Maintenance Art One Hour Every Day 1976 1]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

I Make Maintenance Art One Hour Every Day, 1976

 

 

 ![Ukeles The Trees Are Having Their Period 1974 28]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

The Trees are Having Their Period, 1974

Performed at Vassar College

 

 

 ![Ukeles Washing June 13 1974 06]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

MIerle Laderman Ukeles

Washing, June 13, 1974

 

 

 ![Ukeles Washing Tracks Maintenance Outside 1973 Kk13]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Washing, Tracks, Maintenance (Outside), 1973

 

 

 ![Ukeles Washing Tracks Maintenance Outside 1973 Kk15]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Washing, Tracks, Maintenance (Outside), 1973

 

 

 ![Ukeles Washing Tracks Maintenance Outside 1973 Kk18]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Hartford Wash: Washing, Tracks, Maintenance (Outside), 1973

Part of Maintenance Art Performance Series, 1973-1974 at Wadsworth Atheneum, Hardford, CT.

 

 

 ![Ukeles Manifesto For Maintenance Art 1969 Frame Darker Edit]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>   <a href="">12</a>   <a href="">13</a>   <a href="">14</a>   <a href="">15</a>   <a href="">16</a>   <a href="">17</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

MANIFESTO FOR MAINTENANCE ART, 1969! Proposal for an exhibition: “CARE”, 1969,

 

 

 

 

 

  

  ![Ukeles Ceremonial Arch 1](/assets/artist_images/Ukeles/Ukeles-Ceremonial-Arch_1.JPG) 

Ceremonial Arch

 

View Gallery

 

 

 

 

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Ukeles Ceremonial Arch 1]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Ceremonial Arch

installation at Queen's Museum, 2016

 

 

 ![Ukeles Unburning Freedom Hall Chairs 1997]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Unburning Freedom Hall, 1997

installation view

 

 

 ![Queens-Museum-1]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Social Mirror At The Unisphere: Queens Museum

The Queens Museum 2016-2017

 

 

 ![Slide11]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Opening performance for the Touch Sanitation Show

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts: Sept 1984: Cleansing The Bad Names

 

 

 ![Slide12]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Opening performance for the Touch Sanitation Show

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts: Sept 1984: Cleansing The Bad Names

 

 

 ![Slide13]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Maintenance City

Installation view

 

 

 ![Slide14]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Sanman's Place, 1984

installation view

 

 

 ![Slide15]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Sanman's Place, 1984

Sanman's Place

installation view

 

 

 ![Queens-Museum-2]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

One Year's Work Time II

The Queens Museum 2016-17

 

 

 ![Queens-Museum-3]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Peacetable

The Queens Museum 2016-2017

 

 

 ![Slide19]() 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Care As Culture Peacetalk

Public Program at the Queens Museum, 2017

 

 

 

 

 ![Ukeles Ceremonial Arch 1](/assets/artist_images/Ukeles/Ukeles-Ceremonial-Arch_1.JPG) 

 

 ![Ukeles Unburning Freedom Hall Chairs 1997](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles-Unburning-Freedom-Hall-chairs-1997.jpg) 

 

 ![Queens-Museum-1](/assets/artist_images/Ukeles/Slide10.JPG) 

 

 ![Slide11](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/1984-Touch-Sanitaiton/Slide11.JPG) 

 

 ![Slide12](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/1984-Touch-Sanitaiton/Slide12.JPG) 

 

 ![Slide13](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/1984-Touch-Sanitaiton/Slide13.JPG) 

 

 ![Slide14](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/1984-Touch-Sanitaiton/Slide14.JPG) 

 

 ![Slide15](/assets/exhibition_images/Ukeles/1984-Touch-Sanitaiton/Slide15.JPG) 

 

 ![Queens-Museum-2](/assets/artist_images/Ukeles/Queens-Museum-2.JPG) 

 

 ![Queens-Museum-3](/assets/artist_images/Ukeles/Queens-Museum-3.JPG) 

 

 ![Slide19](/assets/artist_images/Ukeles/Slide19.JPG) 

 

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

 ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Ukeles Ceremonial Arch 1]() 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Ceremonial Arch

installation at Queen's Museum, 2016

 

 

 ![Ukeles Unburning Freedom Hall Chairs 1997]() 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Unburning Freedom Hall, 1997

installation view

 

 

 ![Queens-Museum-1]() 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Social Mirror At The Unisphere: Queens Museum

The Queens Museum 2016-2017

 

 

 ![Slide11]() 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Opening performance for the Touch Sanitation Show

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts: Sept 1984: Cleansing The Bad Names

 

 

 ![Slide12]() 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Opening performance for the Touch Sanitation Show

Ronald Feldman Fine Arts: Sept 1984: Cleansing The Bad Names

 

 

 ![Slide13]() 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Maintenance City

Installation view

 

 

 ![Slide14]() 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Sanman's Place, 1984

installation view

 

 

 ![Slide15]() 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Sanman's Place, 1984

Sanman's Place

installation view

 

 

 ![Queens-Museum-2]() 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

One Year's Work Time II

The Queens Museum 2016-17

 

 

 ![Queens-Museum-3]() 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Peacetable

The Queens Museum 2016-2017

 

 

 ![Slide19]() 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

  <a href="">1</a>   <a href="">2</a>   <a href="">3</a>   <a href="">4</a>   <a href="">5</a>   <a href="">6</a>   <a href="">7</a>   <a href="">8</a>   <a href="">9</a>   <a href="">10</a>   <a href="">11</a>

 

 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 

 

Care As Culture Peacetalk

Public Program at the Queens Museum, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

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.

Sign up to receive email updates

  

 [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Artists](/artist_overview) [Press &amp; News](/news_overview) 

 [Contact](/contact) [About](/about) [Privacy Policy](https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/41599251) [Cookie Policy](https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/41599251/cookie-policy) [ADA Compliance Statement](https://dashboard.accessibe.com/statement?license=619a6a548dbc2f0444ae1886) 

31 Mercer Street  
New York, NY 10013

Office Hours:   
Monday - Friday:  
10:00am - 6:00pm  
  
Exhibition Viewing Hours:  
Tuesday - Thursday, Saturday  
1:00pm - 5:00pm

<info@feldmangallery.com>  
phone [212-226-3232](tel:212-226-3232)

 [ ![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [ ![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [ ![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) 

 

 

 

 ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo_footer.svg) ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo_footer_phone.svg)Copyright © 2026 Ronald Feldman Gallery
