Laundry

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Laundry

1994/1995

Zoe Leonard (American, born 1961)

In the 1980s and 1990s Leonard was a member of ACT UP, an artist activist group organized to address AIDS awareness and government inaction toward the epidemic, which was hitting the arts community especially hard. She was also involved with the feminist art collectives Gang and Fierce Pussy. Unlike her work with those groups, and other photographic projects that depict bodies in provocative ways, Leonard’s pictures can hardly be said to confront the viewer. They stick to photography’s humble role as an observational tool and their tone is contemplative.

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Object Details

Title:

Laundry

Date:

1994/1995

Artist:

Zoe Leonard (American, born 1961)

Medium:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

Image: 3 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches (9.8 x 14.6 cm) Sheet: 5 x 6 15/16inches (12.7 x 17.6cm)

Classification:

Photographs

Credit Line:

Purchased with funds contributed by the Daniel W. Dietrich Foundation, 1998

Accession Number:

1998-1-5

Geography:

Photograph taken in Portugal, Europe

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