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Joan Jonas

born 1936

The Juniper Tree 1976, reconstructed 1994
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Biography

Joan Jonas (born July 13, 1936) is an American visual artist and a pioneer of video and performance art, "a central figure in the performance art movement of the late 1960s". Jonas' projects and experiments were influential in the creation of video performance art as a medium. Her influences also extended to conceptual art, theatre, performance art and other visual media. She lives and works in New York and Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Artworks

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  • Songdelay

    Joan Jonas
    1973
  • Wind

    Joan Jonas
    1968
  • Organic Honey’s Visual Telepathy

    Joan Jonas
    1972
  • Vertical Roll

    Joan Jonas
    1972
  • I Want to Live in the Country (And Other Romances)

    Joan Jonas
    1976
  • Waltz

    Joan Jonas
    2003
  • Merlo

    Joan Jonas
    1974
  • Glass Puzzle

    Joan Jonas
    1973
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    Joan Jonas and Rachel Rose

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