Sturtevant: Double Trouble
The pioneering artist Sturtevant, who Christopher Bagley profiled in W: Art before her death, began her career by replicating the works of the now iconic art stars of her generation such as Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns. As a woman remaking and commenting on the work of men, she passed somewhat unnoticed through the art world of her day (despite her genderless moniker) but as a terrific new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art makes clear, she anticipated the world we now all inhabit with its craze for cybernetic overload and appropriation. Beginning November 9, the Museum of Modern Art presents Sturtevant: Double Trouble, showcasing 50 years of the late artist’s explorations into painting, sculpture and video. Visitors enter via a narrow passage between a video running the length of one wall, and screen-printed Warhol wallpaper on the other, a fittingly vertigo-inducing introduction.
Read “Repeat Offender,” the last interview with the formidable artist Sturtevent, here.
Photos: Sturtevant: Double Trouble
Installation view of Sturtevant: Double Trouble at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Thomas Griesel, © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art and Estate Sturtevant, Paris.
Installation view of Sturtevant: Double Trouble at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Thomas Griesel, © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art and Estate Sturtevant, Paris.
“Warhol Diptych,” 1973/2004 by Sturtevant. Photo by Axel Schneider, © Estate Sturtevant, Paris
Installation view of Sturtevant: Double Trouble at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Thomas Griesel, © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art and Estate Sturtevant, Paris.
“Johns 0 through 9,” 1965 by Sturtevant. Photo by Peter Cox, © Estate Sturtevant, Paris
Installation view of Sturtevant: Double Trouble at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Thomas Griesel, © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art and Estate Sturtevant, Paris.
“Study for Muybridge Plate #97,” 1966 by Sturtevant. Photo by Alex Jamison, © Estate Sturtevant, Paris
Installation view of Sturtevant: Double Trouble at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Thomas Griesel, © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art and Estate Sturtevant, Paris.
Installation view of Sturtevant: Double Trouble at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Thomas Griesel, © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art and Estate Sturtevant, Paris.
“Stella Arbeit Macht Frei,” 1989 by Sturtevant. Photo by Charles Duprat, © Estate Sturtevant, Paris
Installation view of Sturtevant: Double Trouble at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo by Thomas Griesel, © 2014 The Museum of Modern Art and Estate Sturtevant, Paris.