Buchanan, Nancy, 1946-

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Nancy Buchanan (b. Nancy Page Ridenour, Aug. 30, 1946, Boston, MA) is an artist best known for her work in installation, performance, and video art. She played a central role in the feminist art movement in Los Angeles in the 1970s. Her father was physicist Louis Ridenour. Buchanan earned her B.A. and M.F.A. at the University of California, Irvine and studied with Larry Bell, Vija Celmins, David Hockney, and Robert Irwin.

Buchanan has made videos and performances that combine the personal and the political. She was a producer of Close Radio along with Paul McCarthy and John Duncan and a founding member of several art organizations including F Space Gallery in Santa Ana, CA; Grandview Galleries, Los Angeles, CA; Double X; Close Radio; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.

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creatorOf BUCHANAN, NANCY. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Buchanan, Nancy. With love from A to B [videorecording] / by Nancy Buchanan and Barbara Smith. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn High performance. High performance magazine records 1953-2003. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Buchanan, Nancy. The work of art in the age of electronic reproduction [videorecording] / by Nancy Buchanan. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Geyer, George. Is it stressful to make art? [videorecording] / George Geyer. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Buchanan, Nancy. PAD/D pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn High Performance magazine records, 1953-2005 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Double X records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Buchanan, Thomas Ely. Letters, 1853-1854. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Buchanan, Nancy. An end to all our dreams [videorecording] / by Nancy Buchanan. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Buchanan, Nancy. Tech-knowledge [videorecording] / by Nancy Buchanan. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Phillips, Glenn. [Interviews with artists in relation to the California Video exhibition] [videorecording] / [sponsored by the Getty Research Institute]. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Buchanan, Nancy. S + L samples [electronic resource]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Buchanan, Nancy. Primary & secondary spectres [videorecording] / Nancy Buchanan. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Nancy Buchanan papers. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Buchanan, Nancy. Mouth(piece) [videorecording] / by Nancy Buchanan. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Buchanan, Nancy. See I A [videorecording] : version II / by Nancy Buchanan. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Adrian Piper papers Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Bell, Larry, 1939-.... person
associatedWith Buchanan, Thomas Ely. person
associatedWith Celmins, Vija, 1938-.... person
founderOf Double X. corporateBody
associatedWith Franklin Furnace Archive, corporateBody
associatedWith High performance. corporateBody
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associatedWith Hockney, David person
associatedWith Irwin, Robert, 1928-.... person
founderOf Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (Gallery) corporateBody
associatedWith McCarthy, Paul, 1945-.... person
associatedWith Piper, Adrian, 1948- person
childOf Ridenour, Louis N. (Louis Nicot), 1911-1959 person
alumnusOrAlumnaOf University of California, Irvine corporateBody
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Boston MA US
Los Angeles CA US
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Birth 1946-08-30

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