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Stephanie Oursler (June 21, 1938 – 2018) was an American-Italian visual artist and political activist, born on June 21, 1938, in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated from literature at George Washington University where she taught for a while. First Director of the Women Center in New York in 1969, National Secretary of the Peace and Freedom Party, candidate 1965–67 and Black Panther activist in 1966–67. She moved to Italy after having met Vana Caruso, an assistant director, married to the Italian artist Giulio Turcato. In Italy she took part to the feminist group "La Compagnia del Beato Angelico". Active as an artist in 1970s in Italy, she had exhibitions in the Art Gallery of Romana Loda, "Multimedia" at Erbusco. "Happy New Year", in 1975. The artist's book "Un album di violenza", Edizioni delle donne, was published a year later.[1] She had several exhibitions in Italy and published many artist's books in the 70s. She died in 2018 in Rome, Italy.[2]
References
edit- ^ Oursler, Stephanie (1976). Un album di violenza (in Italian). Roma: Edizioni delle donne. OCLC 3204170.
- ^ "Stephanie Oursler : 5 CUTS - Les presses du réel (livre)". www.lespressesdureel.com. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
Further reading
edit- Perna, Raffaella (2013). Arte, fotografia e femminismo in Italia negli anni Settanta (in Italian). Milano: Postmedia Books. ISBN 9788874901081. OCLC 874793949.
