Beginning with her own fascination with tabloids like the National Enquirer, the artist started her work in performance video in this brilliant and disturbing satire about popular culture and its ubiquitous place in our lives. In her original style, now dubbed "stand-up theory," she delivers a "one-woman, lunatic performance, at once embodying and sharply analyzing the schizophrenia of U.S. culture." An unreconstructed lover of tabloid fantasy, Braderman takes us on a personal tour of headlines and photos we hate to love.
Selected Shows & Awards
1984 American Film Institute, Video Olympics
Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Museum of Art, NYC
Walker Art Center
Madison, WI
Made for TV Festival, CHANNEL 4
London, UK
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Institute of Contemporary Art
London, UK
The Kitchen, NYC
W.P. A. Gallery
Washington DC
A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
University of Toronto
University of California
University of Massachusetts
California Art Institute
Pacific Film Archive
Universidade Catolica Portuguesa
Shown widely on public access and other cable TV outlets