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| birthname = Linda Mary Montano |
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| birthdate = {{birth date and age |1942|1|18|}} |
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| location = [[Kingston, New York|Kingston]], [[New York]] |
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| nationality = [[United States|American]] |
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| field = [[performance art]] |
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| training = [[College of New Rochelle]]<br>[[Maryknoll Sisters]] (novice)<br/>[[University of Wisconsin]] (sculpture) |
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| influenced by = [[Teresa of Avila]], [[Yoga]], [[Lily Tomlin]], [[Merce Cunningham]], [[John Cage]], [[Yves Klein]] |
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| influenced = [[Annie Sprinkle]], [[Barbara Carrellas]] |
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| awards = ARTIES Award, 1st Annual Performance Art Award, Franklin Furnace (1986)<br/> Susan B. Anthony Award, Window for Peace (February 1988)<br/> Bessie Award for Innovative Artists (Seven Years of Living Art, 1992)<br/>Best Performance Artist (Chronogram, 2000) |
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'''Linda Mary Montano''' (born [[January 18]]<ref>[http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail&entity_id=4532 Linda Mary Montano]</ref>, [[1942]], [[Kingston, New York|Kingston]], [[New York]] is a central figure in contemporary [[feminist]] [[performance art]]. She was raised in a devoutly [[Roman Catholic]] household, partly Irish and partly Italian, that was surrounded by artistic activity. Both her parents played in an orchestra her father had founded<ref>[http://ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=134&page=read&subpage=past&issueID=24 Linda Montano is Living Art (interview with Ascent Magazine)]</ref> but Linda's fascination with Catholic ritual and desire to do [[humanitarian]] service led her to join the novitiate of the [[Maryknoll Sisters]] after one year studying at the College of New Rochelle. After two years with the order, however, Montano was suffering from severe [[anorexia]], weighing only {{convert|82|lb|kg}}<ref>Heidenry, John; ''What Wild Ecstasy: the Rise and Fall of the Sexual Revolution''; p. 382. ISBN 0684810379</ref>, and she left the order to return to her former college, from which she graduated in 1965 as a sculptor. |
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During the rest of the 1960s, Linda continued to study and began performing, and by 1971 she was devoting herself exclusively to performance art<ref>Wark, Jayne; ''Radical Gestures: Feminism and Performance Art in North America'', p. 98. ISBN 0773530665</ref>. Around this time she married the photographer Mitchell Payne and drifted away from the Catholic Church. Despite this loss of her faith, Montano was consistently to acknowledge the influence of her strict Catholic upbringing on her work - for instance in how the discipline of convent life made her able to carry out extremely disciplined performances in her later career<ref>Wark; ''Radical Gestures''; p. 98</ref><ref>[http://www.ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=134&issueID=24 Linda Montano is Living Art]</ref>. Montano's first major performance, "Chicken Woman" (1972) was based on her work sculpting live chickens in the 1960s and a show called "The Chicken Show" from 1969<ref>Montano, Linda; Performance Artists Talking in the Eighties: Sex, Food, Money/Fame, Ritual/Death; p. 17. ISBN 0520210220</ref>. |
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Linda had moved to [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] 1970<ref>Ibid</ref>, and it was there that she established herself with performances like "Handcuff" (1973 with [[Tom Marioni]]) where she was physically tied to other artists, and "Three Day Blindfold" (1974), where she lived for three days blindfolded and had to find her way around. The accidental death of her husband led her to greater fame with "Mitchell's Death" (1977), after which she turned towards [[Zen Buddhism]] and moved to Ananda Ashram in the early 1980s<ref>[http://www.anandaashram.org/bio_id_10466.htm Linda Montano]</ref>. Upon meeting Taiwanese performance artist Tehching Hsieh, Montano did a remarkable collaboration whereby the two artists were bound to each other by a length of rope 24 hours a day for a whole year (from July 4, 1983 to July 3, 1984)<ref>[http://www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2002/09/year_of_the_rop.php The Year of the Rope]</ref>. |
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Montano was raised in a [[Roman Catholic]] household, although she no longer associates with the Church, she still identifies as a Catholic and acknowledges the influence her upbringing has on her work. [http://www.ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=134&issueID=24] She practices [[Zen Buddhism]]. |
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In the following seven years Montano did another ambitious project titled "Seven Years of Living Art", in which she lived in her home in Kingston wearing strictly monochromatic clothing, spent a portion of every day in a coloured room, and listened to a designated tone, all of which corresponded to the energetic qualities of a specific [[chakra]]<ref>[http://www.displaycult.com/exhibitions_pages/exhibitions_montano.html Linda M. Montano: 14 Years of Living Art]</ref>. She changed colour every year, and after the project was finished followed it up with "Another Seven Years of Living Art", in part to memorialise her mother, Mildred Montano, who died in 1988 of [[colon cancer]]<ref>Montano, Linda M., "Death in the Life and Art of Linda M. Montano"; in Miller, Lynn C.; Taylor, Jacqueline and Carver, M. Heather (editors); ''Voices Made Flesh: Performing Women's Autobiography''; pp. 269-281</ref>. This time she did not use the colours, but aimed to focus on the same chakras. From 1998, Montano has given cycles to other artists, hoping to give three cycle to three arts each dating up to 2019<ref>Fisher, Jennifer; ''Technologies of Intuition''; pp. 167-180. ISBN 0920397433</ref>. After this, Montano focused upon freelance teaching of performance art, caring for Henry Montano (her increasingly ill father) and counseling people by what she calls "Art/Life Counselling". Under Art/Life Counselling, Montano attentively listened and responded to the questions of her clients<ref>Ibid</ref> and aimed to find the most creative way to respond to their problems and difficulties. The influence of her father led Montano to return to Catholicism and ultimately to Church attendance<ref>Ibid</ref>, and since 2005 she has been involved with retreats at [[Saint Patrick's Cathedral]] in [[New York City]] every April and September. She has also done performances of the work of [[Mother Teresa]] and [{Saint Teresa of Avila]], the latter of whom Montano has always regarded as one of her most important influences. |
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| ⚫ | Her work investigates the relationship between art and life through intricate, life-altering ceremonies, some of which last for seven or more years. She is interested in the way artistic [[ritual]], often staged as individual interactions or collaborative workshops, can be used to alter and enhance a person's life and to create the opportunity for focus on spiritual energy states, silence and the cessation of art/life boundaries. |
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==Videography== |
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* "Characters: Learning to Talk: (1978) 45 min |
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* "Mitchell's Death" (1978) 22 min |
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* "Primal Scenes" (1980) 11 min |
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* "Anorexia Nervosa" (1981) 60 min |
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* "On Death and Dying" (1982) 22 min |
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* "Sharada, Wife of Ramakrishna" (with [[Andy Cockrum]] and [[Chris Erlon]]) (1995) 23 min |
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* "Seven Spiritual Lives of Linda M. Montano" (with Andy Cockrum and Chris Erlon) (1996) 13 min |
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* "Seven Stages of Intoxication" (with Andy Cockrum and Chris Erlon) (1996) 34 min |
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*[http://bobsart.lindamontano.com/ Linda Montano's Site] |
*[http://bobsart.lindamontano.com/ Linda Montano's Site] |
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*[http://www.studio360.org/yore/show090305.html Interview with Linda by PRI/WNYC's Studio 360] |
*[http://www.studio360.org/yore/show090305.html Interview with Linda by PRI/WNYC's Studio 360] |
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*[http://ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=134&page=read&subpage=past&issueID=24 Linda Montano is Living Art]. An interview with ascent magazine. |
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*[http://www.vdb.org/smackn.acgi$artistdetail?MONTANOL Linda Montano] in the [http://www.vdb.org/ Video Data Bank] |
*[http://www.vdb.org/smackn.acgi$artistdetail?MONTANOL Linda Montano] in the [http://www.vdb.org/ Video Data Bank] |
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Revision as of 09:44, 8 December 2009
Linda Montano | |
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| Born | Linda Mary Montano |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | College of New Rochelle Maryknoll Sisters (novice) University of Wisconsin (sculpture) |
| Known for | performance art |
| Awards | ARTIES Award, 1st Annual Performance Art Award, Franklin Furnace (1986) Susan B. Anthony Award, Window for Peace (February 1988) Bessie Award for Innovative Artists (Seven Years of Living Art, 1992) Best Performance Artist (Chronogram, 2000) |
Linda Mary Montano (born January 18[1], 1942, Kingston, New York is a central figure in contemporary feminist performance art. She was raised in a devoutly Roman Catholic household, partly Irish and partly Italian, that was surrounded by artistic activity. Both her parents played in an orchestra her father had founded[2] but Linda's fascination with Catholic ritual and desire to do humanitarian service led her to join the novitiate of the Maryknoll Sisters after one year studying at the College of New Rochelle. After two years with the order, however, Montano was suffering from severe anorexia, weighing only 82 pounds (37 kg)[3], and she left the order to return to her former college, from which she graduated in 1965 as a sculptor.
During the rest of the 1960s, Linda continued to study and began performing, and by 1971 she was devoting herself exclusively to performance art[4]. Around this time she married the photographer Mitchell Payne and drifted away from the Catholic Church. Despite this loss of her faith, Montano was consistently to acknowledge the influence of her strict Catholic upbringing on her work - for instance in how the discipline of convent life made her able to carry out extremely disciplined performances in her later career[5][6]. Montano's first major performance, "Chicken Woman" (1972) was based on her work sculpting live chickens in the 1960s and a show called "The Chicken Show" from 1969[7].
Linda had moved to San Francisco 1970[8], and it was there that she established herself with performances like "Handcuff" (1973 with Tom Marioni) where she was physically tied to other artists, and "Three Day Blindfold" (1974), where she lived for three days blindfolded and had to find her way around. The accidental death of her husband led her to greater fame with "Mitchell's Death" (1977), after which she turned towards Zen Buddhism and moved to Ananda Ashram in the early 1980s[9]. Upon meeting Taiwanese performance artist Tehching Hsieh, Montano did a remarkable collaboration whereby the two artists were bound to each other by a length of rope 24 hours a day for a whole year (from July 4, 1983 to July 3, 1984)[10].
In the following seven years Montano did another ambitious project titled "Seven Years of Living Art", in which she lived in her home in Kingston wearing strictly monochromatic clothing, spent a portion of every day in a coloured room, and listened to a designated tone, all of which corresponded to the energetic qualities of a specific chakra[11]. She changed colour every year, and after the project was finished followed it up with "Another Seven Years of Living Art", in part to memorialise her mother, Mildred Montano, who died in 1988 of colon cancer[12]. This time she did not use the colours, but aimed to focus on the same chakras. From 1998, Montano has given cycles to other artists, hoping to give three cycle to three arts each dating up to 2019[13]. After this, Montano focused upon freelance teaching of performance art, caring for Henry Montano (her increasingly ill father) and counseling people by what she calls "Art/Life Counselling". Under Art/Life Counselling, Montano attentively listened and responded to the questions of her clients[14] and aimed to find the most creative way to respond to their problems and difficulties. The influence of her father led Montano to return to Catholicism and ultimately to Church attendance[15], and since 2005 she has been involved with retreats at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York City every April and September. She has also done performances of the work of Mother Teresa and [{Saint Teresa of Avila]], the latter of whom Montano has always regarded as one of her most important influences.
Her work investigates the relationship between art and life through intricate, life-altering ceremonies, some of which last for seven or more years. She is interested in the way artistic ritual, often staged as individual interactions or collaborative workshops, can be used to alter and enhance a person's life and to create the opportunity for focus on spiritual energy states, silence and the cessation of art/life boundaries.
Videography
- "Characters: Learning to Talk: (1978) 45 min
- "Mitchell's Death" (1978) 22 min
- "Primal Scenes" (1980) 11 min
- "Anorexia Nervosa" (1981) 60 min
- "On Death and Dying" (1982) 22 min
- "Sharada, Wife of Ramakrishna" (with Andy Cockrum and Chris Erlon) (1995) 23 min
- "Seven Spiritual Lives of Linda M. Montano" (with Andy Cockrum and Chris Erlon) (1996) 13 min
- "Seven Stages of Intoxication" (with Andy Cockrum and Chris Erlon) (1996) 34 min
Collaboration
- Rachel Martin
- Tehching Hsieh (collaborated on Art/Life One Year Performance, 1983–1984)
External links
- ^ Linda Mary Montano
- ^ Linda Montano is Living Art (interview with Ascent Magazine)
- ^ Heidenry, John; What Wild Ecstasy: the Rise and Fall of the Sexual Revolution; p. 382. ISBN 0684810379
- ^ Wark, Jayne; Radical Gestures: Feminism and Performance Art in North America, p. 98. ISBN 0773530665
- ^ Wark; Radical Gestures; p. 98
- ^ Linda Montano is Living Art
- ^ Montano, Linda; Performance Artists Talking in the Eighties: Sex, Food, Money/Fame, Ritual/Death; p. 17. ISBN 0520210220
- ^ Ibid
- ^ Linda Montano
- ^ The Year of the Rope
- ^ Linda M. Montano: 14 Years of Living Art
- ^ Montano, Linda M., "Death in the Life and Art of Linda M. Montano"; in Miller, Lynn C.; Taylor, Jacqueline and Carver, M. Heather (editors); Voices Made Flesh: Performing Women's Autobiography; pp. 269-281
- ^ Fisher, Jennifer; Technologies of Intuition; pp. 167-180. ISBN 0920397433
- ^ Ibid
- ^ Ibid