Lucy R. Lippard (New York, 1937) is a writer, art critic, curator, and American activist, known for her pioneering role in conceptual art and artistic feminism. Throughout her career, she has published more than 20 books on contemporary art, activism, feminism, and cultural politics. She has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Guggenheim Fellowship (1968), the Frank Jewett Mather Award from the College Art Association (1975), the Distinguished Feminist Award (2012), and the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art (2015).
Among her most notable works are Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 (1973), From the Center: Feminist Essays on Women's Art (1976), Eva Hesse (1976), Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory (1983), Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America (1990), and The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society (1997). Her work falls within the genre of critical essay and art theory, and has been fundamental in understanding the intersections between art, politics, and society.
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