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Matter/Flesh/Spirit/Ground: An Overview of the Video Work of Wendy Geller

by Jayne Wark and James MacSwain

Halifax NS: Centre For Art Tapes and Dalhousie Art Gallery, 2003

ISBN 0973369000

This catalogue accompanies the exhibition Matter/Flesh/Spirit/Ground: An Overview of the Video Work of Wendy Geller, presented by the Centre for Art Tapes in partnership with Dalhousie Art Gallery in 2003. The exhibition was curated by Michelle Jacques and Susan Gibson Garvey. The catalogue includes an essay by Jayne Wark titled "Garden of Delights," along with an "Introduction" by James MacSwain.

Wark provides a survey of Geller's video work beginning with the artists' first video Private Residence (1973) and concluding with her last Natural History: Case Studies (1993). Wark draws connections across Geller's video practice, with particular attention to her feminist morals. Geller presents a critical examination of feminine domesticity, codes of femininity in popular culture, and the treatment of the female body. In her investigation of the feminine, Geller probes at methods of representation, attending to the role of words and images.

The catalogue includes a list of works featured in the exhibition.

ITEM 2003.180 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Private ResidenceWendy Geller

48-Hour Beauty BlitzWendy Geller

Semiotics of the KitchenMartha Rosler

Jill Skinner - Diary of a StarWendy Geller

SixWendy Geller

Seven, and Domestic BlissWendy Geller

Learning About Feminine SexualityWendy Geller

Stories for the GardenWendy Geller

Natural History: Case StudiesWendy Geller