Lynn Hershman Leeson

Overview

Lynn Hershman Leeson (b. 1941) lives and works in San Francisco, CA. Over the last five decades, Hershman Leeson has been internationally acclaimed for her art and films. One of the most influential media artists, she is widely recognized for her innovative work investigating issues that are now recognized as key to the workings of society: the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and the use of media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and political repression. Over the last forty years she has made pioneering contributions to the fields of photography, video, film, performance, installation and interactive as well as net-based media art.

Documents

Works

Lynn Hershman Leeson
Eternally Yours, 2023
Unique anti-aging powder, syringes, specially designed refrigerator, mirror plexiglass, framed order form
9 3/4 x 17 x 18 7/8 in
24.8 x 43.2 x 47.9 cm
Framed order form: 13 x 13 in
33 x 33 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Evidence of A Faulty Algorithm No. 1, 2021
Archival digital print printed on plexiglas in reverse against mirror
30 x 30 in
76.2 x 76.2 cm
Framed: 30 3/4 x 30 3/4 in
78.1 x 78.1 cm
Edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Blue Spirit, 2020
Archival digital print on frosted mylar
37 1/2 x 20 in
95.3 x 50.8 cm
Edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Make Me Look Natural, 2019
Archival digital print, watercolor, pen, ink
11 x 8 1/2 in
27.9 x 21.6 cm
Framed: 15 1/2 x 13 5/8 in
39.4 x 34.6 cm
Lynn Hershman Leeson
CybeRoberta, 1996
Custom-made doll, clothing, glasses, webcam, surveillance camera, mirror, original programming, and telerobotic head-rotating system
17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 8 in
45.1 x 45.1 x 20.3 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Monroe/Freud, 1986
Chromogenic print on paper, acrylic paint
9 x 13 1/4 in
22.9 x 33.7 cm
Framed: 14 x 18 1/4 in
35.6 x 46.4 cm
Edition 8 of 8
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Pregnant Woman in X-Ray Suit, 1977
Ink on paper
15 x 13 1/4 in
38.1 x 33.7 cm
Framed: 21 x 19 in
53.3 x 48.3 cm
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Roberta’s Construction Chart #1, 1975
Archival digital print and dye transfer
35 5/8 x 23 5/8 in
90.5 x 60 cm
Framed: 41 3/4 x 29 1/2 in
106 x 74.9 cm
Edition of 12 plus 3 artist's proofs
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Becoming Roberta, 1974
C-print
6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in
16.5 x 24.1 cm
Framed: 8 x 10 in
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Lynn Hershman Leeson
She Who Laughs Last, 1968-2022
Wax cast, glass eyes, wig, custom sensors, sound file,
makeup, butterflies, glasses
9 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in
23.5 x 41.9 x 41.9 cm
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Self Portrait as Another Person, 1965
Wax, wig, glass eyes, makeup, tape recorder, Plexiglas, wood sensor, sound
20 x 15 x 12 in
50.8 x 38.1 x 30.5 cm
Pedestal: 40 x 20 x 16 in
101.6 x 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Time Passages, 1965
Ink and watercolor
20 1/2 x 27 in
52.1 x 68.6 cm
Framed: 25 x 31 ½ in
63.5 x 80 cm