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Martine Syms

Martine Syms

1988
Mixed MediaPerformance Art
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
31
Works in Collection
43
Assets Indexed
4
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Movements
  • • Performance Art
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About

Why this artist matters now

Martine Syms works across video, installation, performance, and publishing, treating Black femme identity, vernacular culture, and media representation as interconnected subjects. Based in Los Angeles, her practice often uses moving image and spoken language to examine how identity is constructed and transmitted through popular and digital media. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Source: Sadie Coles · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement
Performance Art
Medium
Mixed Media
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12 in graph
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Museum Collections

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Artworks (31)

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Images

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SHE MAD: Laughing Gas (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
SHE MAD: Laughing Gas (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Artsy artist portrait
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SHE MAD: Laughing Gas (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Martine Syms (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
Martine Syms (Wikipedia)
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Martine Syms (cropped)
Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)
Martine Syms
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Stanley Whitney
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Movements and affiliations

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Performance Art
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Institutional

Representation & Collections

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In collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
Background

Education

Bard College
Visual Arts · 2017
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Visual Arts · 2007
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