Mierle Laderman Ukeles : Maintenance Art Works 1969–1980

28 Sep-17 Nov 2013

Overview

The exhibition by Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Maintenance Art Works 1969–1980, is the first comprehensive solo exhibition of the artist's earlier work in the UK. "I am an artist. I am a woman. I am a wife. I am a mother. (Random order). I do a hell of a lot of washing, cleaning, cooking, renewing, supporting, preserving, etc. Also, (up to now separately) I 'do' Art. Now I will simply do these everyday things, and flush them up to consciousness, exhibit them, as Art." (Ukeles, Manifesto for Maintenance Art, 1969)