--- title: "325 - I Wish I had a paper doll I could call my own, Antin 4/16-5/27 2016" date: 2017-08-23T15:58:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/325-i-wish-i-had-a-paper-doll-i-could-call-my-own-antin-4-16-5-27-2016" section: Exhibition --- [![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 & 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) 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[Eleanor Antin](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/eleanor-antin) Apr 15 – May 26, 2016 ![Eleanor Hero](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/eleanor-hero.jpg) Eleanor Antin Eleanor Antin R. N., 1976 Description Some of Antin’s best-known works were done with hand painted paper dolls and puppets in the classic little girl manner of creating worlds she can inhabit at will. The ambiguities of the passive unchanging paper faces with the insistent human, melodramatic, Bronx-accented voice are not unlike a threatening storm that only occasionally explodes but nobody gets wet. Featured in this show is Antin’s newest paper doll installation The Theatre of the Absurd (2016) with the paper doll cast acting out the current political circus, along with several of her most well-known classic video installations, The Adventures of a Nurse (1976) and The Nurse and the Hijackers (1977). Never before exhibited photographs and drawings extend the paper doll analogy. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Antin/Press-Release.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Exhibition Checklist ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Antin-Checklist.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) View Artist ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/eleanor-antin) ![Antin Conversations 01](/assets/exhibition_images/Antin-Conversations_01.JPG) Eleanor Antin Conversations (Rosie and the Professor), 1978 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Antin Conversations 01]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Eleanor Antin Conversations (Rosie and the Professor), 1978 ![Antin Conversations 02]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Eleanor Antin Conversations (Eloise and Harry), 1978 ![Antin Conversations 03]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Eleanor Antin Conversations (Eloise and Harry Close Up), 1978 ![Antin Conversations 04]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Eleanor Antin Conversations (Dick), 1978 ![Antin Theater Of The Absurd 2016]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Eleanor Antin Theatre of the Absurd 2016 ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 15]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Eleanor Antin I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin My Four Uncles 1976]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Eleanor Antin My Four Uncles, 1976 ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 02](/assets/exhibition_images/Antin/2016-Paper-doll/Antin-I-wish-I-had-a-paper-doll-I-could-call-my-own...-2016_02.JPG) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 02]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 03]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 06]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 13]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 14]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin Installation Piece]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 02](/assets/exhibition_images/Antin/2016-Paper-doll/Antin-I-wish-I-had-a-paper-doll-I-could-call-my-own...-2016_02.JPG) ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 03](/assets/exhibition_images/Antin/2016-Paper-doll/Antin-I-wish-I-had-a-paper-doll-I-could-call-my-own...-2016_03.JPG) ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 06](/assets/exhibition_images/Antin/2016-Paper-doll/Antin-I-wish-I-had-a-paper-doll-I-could-call-my-own...-2016_06.JPG) ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 13](/assets/exhibition_images/Antin/2016-Paper-doll/Antin-I-wish-I-had-a-paper-doll-I-could-call-my-own...-2016_13.JPG) ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 14](/assets/exhibition_images/Antin/2016-Paper-doll/Antin-I-wish-I-had-a-paper-doll-I-could-call-my-own...-2016_14.JPG) ![Antin Installation Piece](/assets/exhibition_images/Antin/2016-Paper-doll/Antin-Installation-Piece.JPG) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 02]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 03]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 06]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 13]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 14]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view ![Antin Installation Piece]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own... installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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