Minujin, Marta, 1941-
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Marta Minujín was born in 1941 in the San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos Aires.As a pioneer of happenings, performance art, soft sculpture, and video, Marta Minujín pursues a varied and irreverent practice that demonstrates a profound distrust of the collectible art object. She often uses ephemeral materials such as cardboard, fabric, and food in work that is both monumental and fragile.
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| Harry Shunk and Shunk-Kender photographs | Getty Research Institute | ||
| referencedIn | Payró, Julio. Julio Payró letters received, 1937-1971, bulk 1940-1955 | Getty Research Institute | |
| referencedIn | Minujin, Marta : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
| referencedIn | McElroy, Robert. Robert R. McElroy photographs of happenings and early performance art, 1959-2012. | Getty Research Institute | |
| referencedIn | Allan Kaprow papers, 1940-1997 | Getty Research Institute | |
| referencedIn | Harald Szeemann papers | Getty Research Institute | |
| creatorOf | Minujin, Marta, 1941-. Artist file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
| referencedIn | Experiments in Art and Technology records, 1966-1993, bulk 1966-1973 | Getty Research Institute |
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