Photo of collection object Blood from a Stone
Gilmore, Kate. Blood from a Stone, 2009. (a) Single-channel video, color, sound, 8 minutes 9 seconds; (b) plaster, wood, paint , (b) ten blocks, each: 12 x 12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm). (a) Gift of the Council for Feminist Art and gift of Katherine Ordway, by exchange (b) Gift of Robert D. Bielecki, 2010.16a-b. © Kate Gilmore © artist or artist's estate.

Blood from a Stone

2009

Kate Gilmore

American, born 1975

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

Kate Gilmore sets up scenarios in which she performs tasks that test her physical endurance, such as breaking out of confining spaces, scaling high walls, or moving heavy objects. These feats are at once potentially dangerous and seemingly meaningless, yet the artist enacts them repeatedly with unwavering determination and focus. Gilmore originally executed and recorded Blood from a Stone in the Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art before the work appeared in the 2009–10 exhibition Reflections on the Electric Mirror: New Feminist Video.
Maker/Artist
Gilmore, Kate
Classification
Media Art
Formatted Medium
(a) Single-channel video, color, sound, 8 minutes 9 seconds; (b) plaster, wood, paint
Dimensions
(b) ten blocks, each: 12 x 12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Accession Number
2010.16a-b
Credit Line
(a) Gift of the Council for Feminist Art and gift of Katherine Ordway, by exchange (b) Gift of Robert D. Bielecki
Rights Statement
© artist or artist's estate
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