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I'm an Ass Man (folio 25) from Eye Magazine #14 "Cobalt Myth Mechanics"

Karen FinleyWW-1986-M123523

1986·Photocopy and colored pencil from a spiral bound periodical with works by various artists·composition (irreg.): 9 11/16 × 7 13/16" (24.6 × 19.8 cm); page: 11 × 8 1/2" (28 × 21.6 cm)

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Year: 1986
Medium: Photocopy and colored pencil from a spiral bound periodical with works by various artists
Dimensions: composition (irreg.): 9 11/16 × 7 13/16" (24.6 × 19.8 cm); page: 11 × 8 1/2" (28 × 21.6 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Karen Finley

Artist

Karen Finley

Karen Finley is an American performance artist and activist whose work emerged from the 1980s downtown New York scene. Her performances, often autobiographical and provocative, combine spoken word, physical gesture, and staged confrontation to address taboo subjects including sexuality, trauma, and social violence. Working across performance, video, and installation, Finley's practice refuses conventional theatrical boundaries and aesthetic distance. Her work has been central to debates around artistic freedom and censorship in the United States.

Chicago, IL, USA

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