Hannah Wilke Movies

  • 1971
    The Great Ice-Cream Robbery

    The Great Ice-Cream Robbery

    The Great Ice-Cream Robbery

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    Two screens of film about - and sometimes shot by - Claes Oldenburg, detailing his inspiration, his methods and his relationship with his partner...

    The Great Ice-Cream Robbery
  • 1975
    Hannah's Haircut

    Hannah's Haircut

    Hannah's Haircut

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    Hannah Wilke, upon Tschinkel's suggestion, cuts fellow artist, Claes Oldenburg's hair, which is taped for Tschinkel's Manhattan Cable TV show,...

    Hannah's Haircut
  • 1974
    Gestures

    Gestures

    Gestures

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    Assuming roles of both performer and director in "Gestures", Wilke explores her own face as artistic material. Whether kneading her skin into...

    Gestures
  • 1977
    Philly

    Philly

    Philly

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    Philly documents a 1976 performance at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in which Wilke interacts with Marcel Duchamp's Large Glass. Edited by John...

    Philly
  • 1982
    So Help Me Hannah

    So Help Me Hannah

    So Help Me Hannah

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    This documentation of a 1982 event at the A.I.R. Gallery in New York features a riveting performance by Wilke, who is nude (except for high...

    So Help Me Hannah
  • 1978
    Intercourse With...

    Intercourse With...

    Intercourse With...

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    In this haunting performance, Wilke conflates the private and the public as autobiographical theater. The audience "eavesdrops" on a series of phone...

    Intercourse With...
  • 1976
    Hannah Wilke Through the Large Glass

    Hannah Wilke Through the Large Glass

    Hannah Wilke Through the Large Glass

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    Hannah Wilke Through the Large Glass documents one of Wilke's most effective and well-known performances, in which she performs a deadpan striptease...

    Hannah Wilke Through the Large Glass
  • 1975
    Hello Boys

    Hello Boys

    Hello Boys

    01975HD

    Hello Boys documents a performance at the Gallery Gerald Piltzer in Paris. Seen through the glass of a large fish tank, Wilke, nude, performs a...

    Hello Boys