Eugenia Butler
Eugenia Perpetua Butler (born January 30, 1947 in Washington, DC , USA ; † March 29, 2008 in Santa Rosa , California ) was an American, avant-garde concept and performance artist . Her mother was the gallery owner and art collector Eugenia Butler (1921–2000).
life and work
Eugenia Butler graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in 1975 . In the 1970s she traveled eight years through South America and dealt with shamanism .
Eugenia Butler was one of the early exponents of Conceptual Art and participated in the first exhibitions of Conceptual Art and Post-Minimalist Art, for example Electric Art at the University of California in 1969, Prospect 69 at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and Concept Art at San Francisco Art Institute in 1970. From 1968 to 1971 she ran the Eugenia Butler Gallery in Los Angeles.
In 1972, together with Paul Cotton as: Trans-Parent Teacher's Ink. And the performance Prince of Peace in the first week of documenta (June 30 to July 7, 1972), she participated in Documenta 5 in Kassel in the Individuals Department Mythologies : Self-expression - Performances - Activities - Changes .
Her main concern was to provoke discussion, thoughtfulness and conversation with her art.
In 1990 she was awarded the Dorland Mountain Artist Fellowship and in 1991 the Visiting Artist Award of the Rotterdam Art Council. In 2003 she had a major retrospective in Los Angeles at the Otis College of Art and Design.
Literature and Sources
- Exhibition catalog: documenta 5. Survey of Reality - Imagery Today ; Catalog (as a file folder) Volume 1: (Material); Volume 2: (list of exhibits); Kassel 1972
- documenta archive (ed.); Resubmission d5 - A survey of the archive on documenta 1972 ; Kassel / Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7757-1121-X
Web links
- Biographical
- Conversation on youtube
- Materials by and about Trans-Parent Teacher's Ink in the documenta archive
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in the Los Angeles Times January 19, 2001
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butler, Eugenia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Butler, Eugenia Perpetua; Butler, Eugenia P. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American conceptual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 2008 |
| Place of death | Santa Rosa , California |