Gina Pane
Gina Pane’s performances, which included aspects of physical suffering, were directly inspiring to Feminist and Performance artists such as Marina Abramovic, Catherine Opie, Valie Export, and Giuseppe Penone.
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VALIE EXPORT
EXPORT was a pioneer of engagements with intermedia and this has been influential on subsequent generations of new media practitioners, particularly in relation to Feminism.
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson’s career spans four decades and her contributions to the histories of performance art, experimental music, contemporary visual art and installation have received wide recognition.
Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley is a famous markswoman known for her sharpshooting. During her lifetime she traveled with her husband across the country and abroad showing off her skills with a rifle. She became a star in a male-dominated sport, and legendary throughout the world.
Rossa Matilda Richter
Rossa Matilda Richter, stage name Zazel, was an English aerialist and actor who became known as the first human cannonball at the age of 14.
Alice Greenough Orr
Alice Greenough Orr went from being Montana rancher’s daughter to an internationally renowned rodeo performer and organizer.