Message #3 Adrian Piper 'The Mythic Being' (1973)

Philosophical investigation mis-framed as identity art?

Jul 23, 2025

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Adrian Piper, *The Mythic Being* (1973) video still, excerpted from Peter Kennedy, Other Than Art’s Sake, (1973). © Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation Berlin and Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Something irks me about how Adrian Piper gets discussed. She seems to be categorised as an "identity artist" which by now we know is code for work about being…

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