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Karen Finley (born 1956) is an American performance artist, musician, poet, and educator. The case, National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley (1998), argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court , was decided against Finley and the other artists. [2]
Dec 6, 2023 · Karen Finley, one of the N.E.A. Four, revisits culture wars 25 years after a Supreme Court ruling — amid today’s culture wars — with a work at Art Basel Miami Beach.
- Julia Halperin
Karen Finley is an American performance artist and poet who explores themes of gender, sexuality, and politics. She has two works online at MoMA, including a folio of drawings from Eye Magazine #14 and a performance video from Theater of Operations.
Feb 25, 2013 · Learn about Karen Finley, a world-renowned performance artist, author, and playwright who addressed issues such as sexuality, abuse, and American politics from a feminist perspective. See her installation, A Woman’s Life Isn’t Worth Much, that challenged the NEA funding and the sexist culture.
Jul 12, 2019 · Karen Finley is as bold as they come. While her work varies in mediums—poetry, prose, and, performance art—it is always controversial. She fuses together anger and humor to help dismember American politics and the public sexual innuendoes that go hand-in-hand with it.
Aug 24, 2015 · Karen Finley, a performance artist and writer, reflects on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Shock Treatment, a book of monologues and poetry that expresses rage and trauma. She talks about abstraction, physicality, activism, and the politics of identity in her work.
Feb 26, 2020 · The performance artist and NYU professor discusses her interdisciplinary work, her critique of Trump and right-wing America, and her tribute to AIDS victims. Read the full interview and see her photos by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
