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Barbara DeGenevieve

April 13, 2024

Barbara DeGenevieve (1947–2014) was an American interdisciplinary artist who worked in photography, video, and performance. She lectured widely on her work and on subjects including human sexuality, gender, transsexuality, censorship, ethics, and pornography. Her writing on these subjects have been published in art, photographic, and scholarly journals, and her work has been exhibited internationally.

Barbara DeGenevieve
Born(1947-05-21)May 21, 1947
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedAugust 4, 2014(2014-08-04) (aged 67)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of New Mexico
Known forPhotography, video, and performance art
Notable workThe Panhandler Project,
Websitecargocollective.com/degenevieve

Early life edit

DeGenevieve studied photography at the University of New Mexico receiving her MFA in 1980, and began teaching at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign immediately following. She taught at San Jose State University, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the California College of Art before joining the faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1994. DeGenevieve was a professor and chair of the Department of Photography at the School of the Art Institute.[1]

Career edit

Much of DeGenevieve's art explored the connections among dominance, power, and sex, including their inverse relationships. This led DeGenevieve into controversy, particularly during the National Endowment for the Arts funding scandals of the early 1990s (widely known as "the culture wars") when she, Andres Serrano, and Merry Alpern were stripped of their grants from the NEA in 1994.[2] She spoke on many occasions on issues of censorship as a direct result. On some occasions she used performative texts or poems, gothic costume, and theatrical tactics to amplify her point. She might speak in character as parody or as the subject of her discourse, but always with a sense of humor and charity for her subject.

She continued to court controversy, having established an interdisciplinary and new media arts program at SAIC that instructs students on constructing sexually graphic artworks. She spoke at conferences about her students' work, some of which existed in legal gray areas. In 2010 at the College Art Association she noted:

"Artists like myself and these students who do work that straddles some dangerous lines, such as the possibility of having the work considered obscene and therefore illegal, need to realize that the idea of free speech does not extend to sexual images. Although anathema to any artist, there is a self-monitoring (if not a self-censorship) that now occurs, and must occur to some extent in order for artists to protect themselves from the vagaries of the “fuzzy logic” employed in the interpretation of lens-derived imagery that is sexual in nature." [3]

DeGenevieve's works "showed everyone the rowdy, the provocative. How art should get in your face, really startle you. You should gasp."[4] DeGenevieve photographed five homeless black men from Chicago nude in a hotel room, which received wide recognition for her voices given to the social issues on race, gender and class.[5][6]

DeGenevieve won awards from the National Endowment for the Arts (Visual Artist Fellowship); Art Matters Foundation Fellowship; and the Illinois Arts Council. Her critical and artistic works have been published in Exposure, SF Camerawork Magazine, and P-Form. Ezell Gallery, Chicago, represents her photographic work.[7]

DeGenevieve was born in on May 21, 1947 and died of cervical cancer on August 9, 2014.[8]

Selected exhibitions edit

  • Barbara DeGenevieve: Medusa's Cave. Iceberg Projects, Chicago (12 September - 10 October 2015)[9]
  • INTI Terry Adkins, Barbara DeGenevieve, Rochelle Feinstein, Maren Hassinger, Clifford Owens, William Pope.L, Martha Rosler. OnStellarRays, NY (26 June - 29 July 2011) Group Exhibit.
  • Kissy-Kissy. Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (15 September – 13 October 2007) Works exhibited: From The Panhandlers Project (2004 – 2006)[10]
  • Objectifying the Abject: Exploitation, Political (In)Correctness and Ethical Dilemmas. Gallery 400 at University of Illinois at Chicago (7 – 25 February 2006) Work exhibited: Dee, 2005, Gordon, 2004, Hank, 2004, Leon, 2004, Mike, 2005, The Panhandler Project, 2005[11]
  • I Smell Sex. Visual AIDS, NY curated by Barbara DeGenevieve (October 2001)[12]
  • Face Forward Self Portraiture in Contemporary Art. John Michael Kohler Arts Center (28 May – 27 August 1995) Work exhibited: ASK ME ANYTHING, I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE (1995)[13]
  • Barbara DeGenevieve: My Words in Your Mouth. Ezell/Gallery 954, Chicago (3–31 March 1995)

Selected works edit

  • The Boys in Albuquerque (1978-1979)[14]
  • True Life Novelettes (1979-1982)
  • Large Scale (1981-1985)
  • Cliche Verres (1985-1992)
  • Large Scale Stretched Fabric & Macaroni (1991-1995)
  • Porn Poetry (1996-1997)[15]
  • Steven X and Barbara C (1999-2000)
  • The Panhandler Project (2004-2006)[16]
  • Desperado (2004-2006)[17]

Selected essays edit

  • Degenevieve, Barbara (March 2007). "Censorship in the US or fear and loathing of the arts". Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture. 13 (2): 159–173. doi:10.1080/13504630701235549. S2CID 143738504.
  • Degenevieve, Barbara (January 2014). "The emergence of non-standard bodies and sexualities". Porn Studies. 1 (1–2): 193–196. doi:10.1080/23268743.2014.888253.

Notes edit

  1. ^ "About - Barbara DeGenevieve". cargocollective.com. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  2. ^ Schemo, Diana Jean (November 3, 1994). "Endowment Ends Program Helping Individual Artists". The New York Times. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Fuzzy Logic: "I know it when I see it" and other hazards for artists". NMC Media-N. 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  4. ^ Tribune, Chicago (25 August 2014). "Barbara DeGenevieve, provocative artist, dies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  5. ^ "Degenevieve, Barbara". Museum of Contemporary Photography. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  6. ^ Dennis, Kelly (2009). Art/Porn: A History of Seeing and Touching. Oxford and New York: Berg, Ltd. pp. 183–94. ISBN 9781847880673.
  7. ^ "Network cultures
  8. ^ Eltagouri, Marwa (25 August 2014). "Barbara DeGenevieve, provocative artist, dies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  9. ^ . Iceberg Projects. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  10. ^ . Kissy-Kissy. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  11. ^ Weinstein, Michael A. (PDF). Gallery 400. University of Illinois at Chicago. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  12. ^ "I Smell Sex". Visual AIDS. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  13. ^ Sherlock, Maureen P. (1998) Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized and presented by the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan, Wisconsin: John Michael Kohler Arts Center. p. 22
  14. ^ DeGenevieve, Barbara. . fStopped. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  15. ^ DeGenevieve, Barbara. "Porn Poetry". Cargo Collective. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  16. ^ "The Panhandler Project (video documentation)". Reframing Photography. Routledge. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  17. ^ DeGenevieve, Barbara. "Desperado". Vimeo.

External links edit

  • "In Memoriam: Barbara DeGenevieve". SAIC News. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  • "Barbara DeGenevieve on Vimeo". Retrieved 6 March 2016.

April 13, 2024
barbara, degenevieve, 1947, 2014, american, interdisciplinary, artist, worked, photography, video, performance, lectured, widely, work, subjects, including, human, sexuality, gender, transsexuality, censorship, ethics, pornography, writing, these, subjects, ha. Barbara DeGenevieve 1947 2014 was an American interdisciplinary artist who worked in photography video and performance She lectured widely on her work and on subjects including human sexuality gender transsexuality censorship ethics and pornography Her writing on these subjects have been published in art photographic and scholarly journals and her work has been exhibited internationally Barbara DeGenevieveBorn 1947 05 21 May 21 1947Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania United StatesDiedAugust 4 2014 2014 08 04 aged 67 Chicago Illinois United StatesNationalityAmericanAlma materUniversity of New MexicoKnown forPhotography video and performance artNotable workThe Panhandler Project Websitecargocollective wbr com wbr degenevieve Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Selected exhibitions 4 Selected works 5 Selected essays 6 Notes 7 External linksEarly life editDeGenevieve studied photography at the University of New Mexico receiving her MFA in 1980 and began teaching at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign immediately following She taught at San Jose State University the San Francisco Art Institute and the California College of Art before joining the faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1994 DeGenevieve was a professor and chair of the Department of Photography at the School of the Art Institute 1 Career editMuch of DeGenevieve s art explored the connections among dominance power and sex including their inverse relationships This led DeGenevieve into controversy particularly during the National Endowment for the Arts funding scandals of the early 1990s widely known as the culture wars when she Andres Serrano and Merry Alpern were stripped of their grants from the NEA in 1994 2 She spoke on many occasions on issues of censorship as a direct result On some occasions she used performative texts or poems gothic costume and theatrical tactics to amplify her point She might speak in character as parody or as the subject of her discourse but always with a sense of humor and charity for her subject She continued to court controversy having established an interdisciplinary and new media arts program at SAIC that instructs students on constructing sexually graphic artworks She spoke at conferences about her students work some of which existed in legal gray areas In 2010 at the College Art Association she noted Artists like myself and these students who do work that straddles some dangerous lines such as the possibility of having the work considered obscene and therefore illegal need to realize that the idea of free speech does not extend to sexual images Although anathema to any artist there is a self monitoring if not a self censorship that now occurs and must occur to some extent in order for artists to protect themselves from the vagaries of the fuzzy logic employed in the interpretation of lens derived imagery that is sexual in nature 3 DeGenevieve s works showed everyone the rowdy the provocative How art should get in your face really startle you You should gasp 4 DeGenevieve photographed five homeless black men from Chicago nude in a hotel room which received wide recognition for her voices given to the social issues on race gender and class 5 6 DeGenevieve won awards from the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship Art Matters Foundation Fellowship and the Illinois Arts Council Her critical and artistic works have been published in Exposure SF Camerawork Magazine and P Form Ezell Gallery Chicago represents her photographic work 7 DeGenevieve was born in on May 21 1947 and died of cervical cancer on August 9 2014 8 Selected exhibitions editBarbara DeGenevieve Medusa s Cave Iceberg Projects Chicago 12 September 10 October 2015 9 INTI Terry Adkins Barbara DeGenevieve Rochelle Feinstein Maren Hassinger Clifford Owens William Pope L Martha Rosler OnStellarRays NY 26 June 29 July 2011 Group Exhibit Kissy Kissy Dean Jensen Gallery Milwaukee WI 15 September 13 October 2007 Works exhibited From The Panhandlers Project 2004 2006 10 Objectifying the Abject Exploitation Political In Correctness and Ethical Dilemmas Gallery 400 at University of Illinois at Chicago 7 25 February 2006 Work exhibited Dee 2005 Gordon 2004 Hank 2004 Leon 2004 Mike 2005 The Panhandler Project 2005 11 I Smell Sex Visual AIDS NY curated by Barbara DeGenevieve October 2001 12 Face Forward Self Portraiture in Contemporary Art John Michael Kohler Arts Center 28 May 27 August 1995 Work exhibited ASK ME ANYTHING I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE 1995 13 Barbara DeGenevieve My Words in Your Mouth Ezell Gallery 954 Chicago 3 31 March 1995 Selected works editThe Boys in Albuquerque 1978 1979 14 True Life Novelettes 1979 1982 Large Scale 1981 1985 Cliche Verres 1985 1992 Large Scale Stretched Fabric amp Macaroni 1991 1995 Porn Poetry 1996 1997 15 Steven X and Barbara C 1999 2000 The Panhandler Project 2004 2006 16 Desperado 2004 2006 17 Selected essays editDegenevieve Barbara March 2007 Censorship in the US or fear and loathing of the arts Social Identities Journal for the Study of Race Nation and Culture 13 2 159 173 doi 10 1080 13504630701235549 S2CID 143738504 Degenevieve Barbara January 2014 The emergence of non standard bodies and sexualities Porn Studies 1 1 2 193 196 doi 10 1080 23268743 2014 888253 Notes edit About Barbara DeGenevieve cargocollective com Retrieved 2020 06 11 Schemo Diana Jean November 3 1994 Endowment Ends Program Helping Individual Artists The New York Times Retrieved February 27 2017 Fuzzy Logic I know it when I see it and other hazards for artists NMC Media N 2013 03 24 Retrieved 2020 06 11 Tribune Chicago 25 August 2014 Barbara DeGenevieve provocative artist dies Chicago Tribune Retrieved 2016 03 05 Degenevieve Barbara Museum of Contemporary Photography Retrieved 2016 03 05 Dennis Kelly 2009 Art Porn A History of Seeing and Touching Oxford and New York Berg Ltd pp 183 94 ISBN 9781847880673 Network cultures Eltagouri Marwa 25 August 2014 Barbara DeGenevieve provocative artist dies Chicago Tribune Retrieved 2016 03 05 Barbara DeGenevieve Medusa s Cave Iceberg Projects Archived from the original on 6 March 2016 Retrieved 6 March 2016 Dean Jensen Gallery Kissy Kissy Archived from the original on 9 March 2016 Retrieved 5 March 2016 Weinstein Michael A Beyond the Binaries Crossing the Boundaries of Identity Politics PDF Gallery 400 University of Illinois at Chicago Archived from the original PDF on 6 March 2016 Retrieved 5 March 2016 I Smell Sex Visual AIDS Retrieved 6 March 2016 Sherlock Maureen P 1998 Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized and presented by the John Michael Kohler Arts Center Sheboygan Wisconsin John Michael Kohler Arts Center p 22 DeGenevieve Barbara Images from Boys of Albuquerque fStopped Archived from the original on 6 March 2016 Retrieved 6 March 2016 DeGenevieve Barbara Porn Poetry Cargo Collective Retrieved 6 March 2016 The Panhandler Project video documentation Reframing Photography Routledge Retrieved 6 March 2016 DeGenevieve Barbara Desperado Vimeo External links edit In Memoriam Barbara DeGenevieve SAIC News Retrieved 6 March 2016 Barbara DeGenevieve on Vimeo Retrieved 6 March 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barbara DeGenevieve amp oldid 1218041131, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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