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Semiotics of the Kitchen
1975
Martha Rosler
Martha Rosler (American, b. 1943)
Contemporary Art
Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975. Martha Rosler (American, b. 1943). Video, b&w, sound, 6:33 min.; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Louis D. Kacalieff, M.D. Fund 2020.270 © Martha Rosler Martha Rosler’s Semiotics of the Kitchen takes the form of a parodic cooking demonstration a la Julia Child. In this video, Rosler picks up and names utensils, demonstrating their use with gestures that do not match their normal uses. Her performance for the camera thus transgresses the familiar system of everyday kitchen meanings and gendered domestic labor.
- Maker/Artist
- Rosler, Martha
- Classification
- Time-based Media
- Formatted Medium
- video, b&w, sound, 6:33 min.
- Departments
- Contemporary Art
- Accession Number
- 2020.270
- Credit Line
- Louis D. Kacalieff, M.D. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Pioneers, Part Two
- Rights Statement
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