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title: "064 - Recollections of my Life with Dhiagliev, Antin 10/18-11/15 1980"
date: 2017-08-11T15:03:00-04:00
author: Graham Murray
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Recollections of my Life with Dhiagliev
[Eleanor Antin](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/eleanor-antin) Oct 17 – Nov 14, 1980
Eleanor Antin
Eleanora Antinova from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev", 1980
Description
R*ecollections of My Life with Diaghilev*, an exhibition of drawings and texts by the once celebrated black ballerina of Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, Eleanor Antinova, along with photographs of her in her great roles, opens at the Ronald Feldman Gallery on October 18th.
Madame Antinova's Memoirs draw no comfortable distinctions between the visual, literary and theatre arts. She freely uses whatever materials and techniques are necessary to explore the nature of her experience as a youthful and passionate participant in the turbulent adventures of the Russian Ballet during the 1920's. Constructed of visual and verbal images, it is the personal memoir of a young American dancer living on intimate terms with the homeless Russian artists who often had to endure extreme personal hardship and poverty. The exhibition records the hopes and despairs of youthful artists trying to "make it" in an inhospitable world.
The photographs depict Antinova in the 5 ballets she herself choreographed for the Ballet Russes: *L'Esclave*, *Pocahontas*, *Prisoner of Persia,* *The Hebrews*, and Before the Revolution. (The last ballet was revived in 1979 by the Ronald Feldman Gallery and The Kitchen Center for Video and Music.) These ballets are a nostalgic record of a lively period 20th century art but are also the touching story of a young artist trying to create "her own art" within a traditional and coercive art scene.
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Eleanor Antin
"Before the Revolution" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
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 ![Antin Before The Revolution From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 1]()
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Eleanor Antin
"Before the Revolution" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
![Antin Before The Revolution From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 2]()
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Eleanor Antin
"Before the Revolution" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
![Antin Before The Revolution From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 3]()
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Eleanor Antin
"Before the Revolution" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
![Antin Hebrews From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 3 1]()
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Eleanor Antin
"The Hebrews" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929" 1977-78
![Antin L Esclave From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 1]()
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Eleanor Antin
"L'Esclave" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
![Antin L Esclave From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 2]()
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Eleanor Antin
"L'Esclave" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
![Antin L Esclave From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 3]()
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Eleanor Antin
"L'Esclave" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
![Antin L Esclave From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 4]()
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Eleanor Antin
"L'Esclave" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
![Antin L Esclave From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 5]()
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Eleanor Antin
"L'Esclave" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
![Antin L Esclave From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 6 1]()
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Eleanor Antin
"L'Esclave" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
![Antin L Esclave From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 6]()
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Eleanor Antin
"L'Esclave" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
![Antin Pocahontas From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 1]()
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Eleanor Antin
"Pocahontas" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
![Antin Pocahontas From Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 1929 1977 78 Pose 2]()
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Eleanor Antin
"Pocahontas" from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev 1919-1929", 1977-78
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Eleanor Antin
Eleanora Antinova from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev", 1980
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Eleanor Antin
Eleanora Antinova from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev", 1980
![Antin Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 29 1977 78 Set 18 D]()
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Eleanor Antin
Eleanora Antinova from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev", 1980
![Antin Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 29 1977 78 Set 18 E]()
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Eleanor Antin
Eleanora Antinova from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev", 1980
![Antin Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 29 1977 78 Set 18 E]()
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Eleanor Antin
Eleanora Antinova from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev", 1980
![Antin Recollections Of My Life With Diaghilev 1919 29 1977 78 Set 18 F]()
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Eleanor Antin
Eleanora Antinova from "Recollections of My Life with Diaghilev", 1980
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