MARTHA ROSLER, BODY BEAUTIFUL, OR BEAUTY KNOWS NO PAIN, 1966–72
This group of thirty-two photomontages extracts depictions of women’s bodies from popular media sources—glossy print ads and men’s magazines—and reassembles them in ways that upend the original messages...
MARTHA ROSLER, SEMIOTICS OF THE KITCHEN, 1975
In unsmiling deadpan, Martha Rosler parodies the role of the perfect TV housewife and cook. Running through an alphabet of kitchen utensils, she demonstrates each for the camera…