Script for Upside Down and Backwards
<p>Joan Jonas, <em>Script for Upside Down and Backwards</em>, 1980. Paint on glass, overall: 18 × 18 × 1/4 in. (45.7 × 45.7 × 0.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Peggy and David A. Ross in honor of Adam Weinberg 2017.213. © Joan Jonas. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1980
- Medium
- Paint on glass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 18 × 18 × 1/4 in. (45.7 × 45.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Joan Jonas
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Joan Jonas is an American artist born in 1936 who pioneered video art and performance as primary media in the 1970s. Working across video, sculpture, and live performance, she constructs layered narratives that blend ritualistic gesture, found objects, and projected imagery. Her practice treats the body and domestic space as material sites for investigation rather than representation.
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- Joan Jonas
- Year
- 1980
- Medium
- Paint on glass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 18 × 18 × 1/4 in. (45.7 × 45.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1980-172843
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified