Artists
View With Images
Mierle Laderman Ukeles The Art of Repair
Art Critique Feb 25, 2019
In 1969, in her the Manifesto for Maintenance Art, the artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles wrote, “The sourball of every revolution: after the revolution, who’s going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning?”
The manifesto was rooted in her experience as a mother, and balancing the work of childcare with her work as a visual artist—until one day she realized that her maternal labor, though lacking a physical object, could also be filed under the category of “art.” In her landmark performance art piece, Touch Sanitation, Ukeles shook the hands of over 8500 sanitation works across New York City and thanked them for “keeping New York City alive.” The performance honored a form of labor that, while crucial, is often dismissed and invisible (much like the work of motherhood itself.) It called attention to the ongoing work that keeps societies healthy and functioning and yet is not often perceived with the rarified attention we normally reserve for the aesthetic.
Related News & Press
Feb 21, 2019
Feb 10, 2019
Feb 08, 2019
Feb 06, 2019
Feb 06, 2019
Blouin Art Info
Edwin Schlossberg
"Assignments and Earlier Works" by Edwin Schlossberg at Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York
31 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10013
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday:
10:00am - 6:00pm
Exhibition Viewing Hours:
Tuesday - Thursday
1:00pm - 5:00pm
info@feldmangallery.com
phone 212-226-3232
Copyright © 2025 Ronald Feldman Gallery