Artist field note

Adrian Piper

Conceptual art becomes an encounter with the social self.

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Mythic Being by Adrian Piper
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Mythic Being

1973-1975

A male alter ego tests how race, gender and projection construct identity.

The five in one idea

Piper forces abstract philosophical questions to become lived tests of responsibility and perception.