Pure Hell: An Exhibition of Performance
Tanya Mars
1990
On view at The Power Plant from September 21 to November 11, 1990, the exhibition Pure Hell consisted of a reworking of a trilogy of performances by Tanya Mars, dating from 1984 to 1990. Each of the three works focussed on a female archetype: Queen Elizabeth I, representing political power; Mae West, representing the power of femininity, sexuality and seduction; and Alice, of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, representing the power of creativity and the imagination. This 40-page softcover catalogue features photographs of Mars’s performances, as well as an introduction by curator Barbara Fischer and an essay on the artist by cultural theorist Dot Tuer.
The Power Plant
The Power Plant
Identifier
L0076Call Number
NX513.Z9M37 1990Extent
40 pages : illustrations ; softcover 27 cmLanguage
ISBN
09210479Place of Publication
Toronto, ONPublication Type
PrintArtist
Tanya MarsCurator
Barbara FischerPublisher
The Power PlantWriter
Dot TuerCollection
grunt gallery LibraryCopyright The Power Plant.