Lynn Hershman Leeson
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The following is an archive of written works related to Lynn Hershman Leeson’s career, important exhibitions, and Civic Radar, the most comprehensive exhibition and catalogue of her work to date. It also includes a selection of essays that expose the philosophical underpinnings of Hershman Leeson’s work, written by the artist herself. Text from earlier in the artist’s career is being added over time.
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By Paula Burleigh in ArtForum
"But this recognition of interconnectedness extends beyond technology. “Twisted” could equally evoke helical relationships between bodies and environments, reality and fiction. Her most prescient contribution to contemporary art has ...
"But this recognition of interconnectedness extends beyond technology. “Twisted” could equally evoke helical relationships between bodies and environments, reality and fiction. Her most prescient contribution to contemporary art has ...
Twisted Sister
By John Haber in Haber Arts
"Lynn Hershman Leeson has spent a lifetime playing others. Can she have found at last her true self?"
"Lynn Hershman Leeson has spent a lifetime playing others. Can she have found at last her true self?"
Playing Oneself
In Flash Art
"This panel discussion will explore recent developments and artistic collaborations within the field of synthetic biology. In conjunction with her solo exhibition “Twisted,” now on view at the New Museum, artist Lynn Hershman Leeson will join her ...
"This panel discussion will explore recent developments and artistic collaborations within the field of synthetic biology. In conjunction with her solo exhibition “Twisted,” now on view at the New Museum, artist Lynn Hershman Leeson will join her ...
Bioethics and World-Making: Creativity in Synthetic Biology, a panel discussion hosted by New Museum
By Genevieve Kyle in Mission Magazine
"Artist Lynn Hershman Leeson explores society’s relationship with technology in her new exhibit, Twisted. The exhibition features evolving cyborgs, wax-cast breathing machines, and the reincarnation of her famed 1973 project, ...
"Artist Lynn Hershman Leeson explores society’s relationship with technology in her new exhibit, Twisted. The exhibition features evolving cyborgs, wax-cast breathing machines, and the reincarnation of her famed 1973 project, ...
This Artist Has Dedicated Her Life to Investigating Technology’s Impact on Society
By Vivian Chui in Ocula Magazine
"While virtual reality, augmented reality, and NFTs have edged contemporary art towards new technologies in recent years, Lynn Hershman Leeson's practice has relished in the digital frontiers for over five decades."
"While virtual reality, augmented reality, and NFTs have edged contemporary art towards new technologies in recent years, Lynn Hershman Leeson's practice has relished in the digital frontiers for over five decades."
Lynn Hershman Leeson: ‘I Had To Wait 30 Years For The Millennials To Be Born’
By Gabriella Angeleti in The Art Newspaper
"This survey devoted to the American artist Lynn Hershman Leeson traces five decades of her prolific and diverse career focused on cyborgs, from early performance works to pioneering digital pieces and recent projects ...
"This survey devoted to the American artist Lynn Hershman Leeson traces five decades of her prolific and diverse career focused on cyborgs, from early performance works to pioneering digital pieces and recent projects ...
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Digital Art Pioneer, Traces The Tangled Web Of Virtual Life
By Balasz Takac in Widewalls
"An artist/filmmaker, Lynn Hershman Leeson has created a groundbreaking body of work that highlights the intersections of technology and the self."
"An artist/filmmaker, Lynn Hershman Leeson has created a groundbreaking body of work that highlights the intersections of technology and the self."
Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Pioneering Contributions To Media Art
By Cassie Packard in Hyperallergic
“The survey is… criminally belated. A foremother to young new media artists working today, Hershman Leeson has blazed a trail for more than five decades, engaging materially and conceptually with cutting-edge ...
“The survey is… criminally belated. A foremother to young new media artists working today, Hershman Leeson has blazed a trail for more than five decades, engaging materially and conceptually with cutting-edge ...
Lynn Hershman Leeson In All Her Cyborg Glory
By Monika Fabijanska in The Brooklyn Rail
“Artists have to be optimists and believe that their efforts will make a difference.”
“Artists have to be optimists and believe that their efforts will make a difference.”
Lynn Hershman Leeson with Monika Fabijanska
By Elizabeth Buhe in Studio International
"The human body provides a jumping-off point for both artists, but while Hershman Leeson’s exploration of the relationship between technology and self draw strongly on a feminist perspective, Atkins’ consideration of ...
"The human body provides a jumping-off point for both artists, but while Hershman Leeson’s exploration of the relationship between technology and self draw strongly on a feminist perspective, Atkins’ consideration of ...
Lynn Hershman Leeson – Twisted; Ed Atkins – Get Life/Love’s Work
By Rachel Small in The Guide
"The 80-year-old artist has the archive to show for it. Where the art world is concerned, recognition of Leeson's achievements-proper acknowledgement of which would have significant implications on the predominant narratives shaping ...
"The 80-year-old artist has the archive to show for it. Where the art world is concerned, recognition of Leeson's achievements-proper acknowledgement of which would have significant implications on the predominant narratives shaping ...
Interview with Rachel Small
By Madeleine Seidel
"Ahead of her solo show 'Twisted' at The New Museum, the artist reflects on the lack of boundaries between our technology and ourselves."
"Ahead of her solo show 'Twisted' at The New Museum, the artist reflects on the lack of boundaries between our technology and ourselves."