Martha Rosler
Martha Rosler uses photography, performance and writing as well as video to reconstruct cultural reality. Describing her work, Rosler says, "The subject is the commonplace; I am trying to question the mythical explanations of everyday life. We accept the clash of public and private as natural, yet their separation is historical and the antagonism of the two spheres, which have been in fact developed in tandem, is an ideological fiction--a potent one. I want to explore the relationships between individual consciousness, family life and culture under capitalism."
"Martha Rosler's tapes are generally disconcerting, beginning with the most benign set-up and moving beyond, upsetting our assumptions of the norm with a suggestion of humour but an underlying sense of calculated rage." - Karen Henry, Video Guide.
Artist Code: 143
Videography
Born to Be Sold: Martha Rosler Reads the Strange Case of Baby S/M
1988, 36:00 minutes, colour, English
Secrets From the Street: No Disclosure
1980, 12:15 minutes, colour, English
Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained
1977, 38:00 minutes, colour, English
1975, 06:09 minutes, colour, english
Critical Writing
by . Toronto: Vtape, 2016.
by . Third Text, Sept 2015, v. 29, no. 4-5. Routledge, 2015.
by . The Geographical Journal, Sept. 2011, v. 177, no. 3.
by . No More Potlucks, Mar. 2009, no. 2.
by . C Magazine, Fall 2009, no. 103.
by . Toronto: Vtape, 2009.
by . Wack!: art and the feminist revolution, 2007. Los Angeles: The Mocha L.A, 2007.
by . Radical Gestures: Feminism and Performance Art in North America, 2006. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006.
by . Video Art, 2003. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2003.
by and . Variant, Fall 2003, v. 2, no. 18.
by . Outer & Inner Space: Pipilotti Rist, Shirin Neshat, Jane & Louise Wilson, and the History of Video Art, 2002. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Mudeum of Fine Art/University of Washington Press, 2002.
by . The Independent, July 1997.
by . Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1994.
by . Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1994.
by and . Metuchen, New Jersey: Aperture Foundation Inc., 1990.
by and . Toronto: A Play of History (Jeu d'histoire), 1987. Toronto: The Power Plant, 1987.
by . The Arts for Television, 1987. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1987.
by . Afterimage, May 1987, v. 14, no. 10.
by . Afterimage, Apr. 1986, v. 13, no. 9.
by . The Art of Memory/The Loss of History, 1985. New York City: The New Museum of Contemporary Art, 1985.
by . Art Journal, Fall 1985, v. 45, no. 3.
by . Fuse, Nov. 1981, v. 5, no. 8 & 9.