Eleanor Antin
By: Xan Villalobos
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BIOGRAPHY
Eleanor Antin was born February 27, 1935 to Sol Fineman and Jeanette Efron. Antin is an American photgrapher, author, and artist working with film, performance and drawing. Eleanor attended Music and Art High School in New York as an art major, and then attended City College of New York, where she majored in writing and minored in art. After working as an actress under the surname Eleanor Barrett, in 1958, Antin returned to City College of New York and earned a bachelors degree in creative writing and art. She now lives and teaches in San Diego.
100 BOOTS SERIES
The 100 Boots series is a photograph collection of 100 boots that Antin had photographed in situations across the United States. Each photograph shows the boots in a certain action or in a specific situation; for example, 100 Boots going to church, or 100 Boots out of a job. When She would take a new photograph she would send them to other artist, actors, writers, libraries, dancers, and art institutions in a form of a post card. When she had finished her collection, she put all the photographs in a book with the date taken, location, and the date it was mailed out.
Eleanor Antins art takes a very active way of presenting itself. Even when it involves still pictures like 100 Boots, she still shows her style by mailing them through a post card rather then just simply displaying them in a gallery. Her work mainly focuses on today's issues of identity and a women's role in society. She conveys this by using different parts of history to help her present her work. Antin is what one would call a cultural chameleon, she disguises herself in her own imaginary theatrical world or stage role to present herself many selves or personas.
Eleanor Antin was born February 27, 1935 to Sol Fineman and Jeanette Efron. Antin is an American photgrapher, author, and artist working with film, performance and drawing. Eleanor attended Music and Art High School in New York as an art major, and then attended City College of New York, where she majored in writing and minored in art. After working as an actress under the surname Eleanor Barrett, in 1958, Antin returned to City College of New York and earned a bachelors degree in creative writing and art. She now lives and teaches in San Diego.
100 BOOTS SERIES
The 100 Boots series is a photograph collection of 100 boots that Antin had photographed in situations across the United States. Each photograph shows the boots in a certain action or in a specific situation; for example, 100 Boots going to church, or 100 Boots out of a job. When She would take a new photograph she would send them to other artist, actors, writers, libraries, dancers, and art institutions in a form of a post card. When she had finished her collection, she put all the photographs in a book with the date taken, location, and the date it was mailed out.
Eleanor Antins art takes a very active way of presenting itself. Even when it involves still pictures like 100 Boots, she still shows her style by mailing them through a post card rather then just simply displaying them in a gallery. Her work mainly focuses on today's issues of identity and a women's role in society. She conveys this by using different parts of history to help her present her work. Antin is what one would call a cultural chameleon, she disguises herself in her own imaginary theatrical world or stage role to present herself many selves or personas.
Eleanora Antinova
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PERSONA
During the 1970s, Antin began to create other selves, or persona. Through her personas she was able to explore the limitations of age, gender, race, ethnicity, and class. Her most famous persona was a a ballerina named Eleanora Antinova. Antinova was a black ballerina of the Russian Ballet that had a beautiful body according to society but lacked the type a body ideal for a professional ballerina.
During the 1970s, Antin began to create other selves, or persona. Through her personas she was able to explore the limitations of age, gender, race, ethnicity, and class. Her most famous persona was a a ballerina named Eleanora Antinova. Antinova was a black ballerina of the Russian Ballet that had a beautiful body according to society but lacked the type a body ideal for a professional ballerina.