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As a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, New York's P.P.O.W gallery is staging 'Hell is a Place on Earth. Heaven is a Place in Your Head,' a virtual exhibition of eight films exploring how restrictions – both physical and societal – have triggered some of the most radical artistic gestures of the last 50 years.
The exhibition features Carolee Schneemann's Fuses (1964-1967), a silent film – with sequences burned with fire and acid, painted, and collaged – showing the artist intimately engaging with her then partner, composer James Tenney. A pioneer of radical feminist and performance art, Schneemann died aged 79 in March 2019.
The online exhibition is a perfect opportunity to revisit a 2019 Conversations panel which takes an in-depth look at Schneemann's life, art, and legacy. Moderated by curator Dan Cameron, the panelists are P.P.O.W's co-owner Wendy Olsoff, and artists Judith Bernstein and Narcissister.
The Estate of Carolee Schneemann is represented by P.P.O.W, New York, Galerie Lelong & Co. Paris, New York, and Hales Gallery, London, New York.
P.P.O.W's exhibition 'Hell is a Place on Earth. Heaven is a Place in Your Head', runs until April 25, 2020 and features films by Guadalupe Maravilla, Carlos Motta, Hunter Reynolds, Carolee Schneemann, Suzanne Treister, and David Wojnarowicz. View the exhibition here.