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Lynn Hershman Leeson

born 1941

Untitled (Roberta’s Signature in Guest Book) 1975
© Lynn Hershman
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Lynn Hershman Leeson (née Lynn Lester Hershman; born June 17, 1941) is an American multimedia artist and filmmaker. Her work with technology and in media-based practices is credited with helping to legitimize digital art forms. Her interests include feminism, race, surveillance, and artificial intelligence and identity theft through algorithms and data tracking.

Hershman Leeson has been described as a "new media pioneer" for her integration of emerging technologies into her work and is one of five artists that art historian Patrick Frank examines in his 2024 book Art of the 1980s: As If the Digital Mattered.

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Feminist art Conceptual art

Artworks

  • Roberta Construction Chart #1

    Lynn Hershman Leeson
    1975, printed 2009
    On display at Tate Modern part of Performer and Participant
  • Roberta’s Body Language Chart

    Lynn Hershman Leeson
    1978; printed 2009
    On display at Tate Modern part of Performer and Participant
  • Untitled (Roberta’s Signature in Guest Book)

    Lynn Hershman Leeson
    1975
    On display at Tate Modern part of Performer and Participant
  • Lay Off & Leave Me Alone

    Lynn Hershman Leeson
    1976; printed 1978
    On display at Tate Modern part of Performer and Participant
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    Lynn Hershman Leeson
    1974
    On display at Tate Modern part of Performer and Participant

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