Gretchen Bender, 53, an Artist Working in Film and Video, Dies
NY Times
Gretchen Bender, an artist who worked in several photographic and film mediums, died on Sunday at her Manhattan home. She was 53.
The cause was cancer, her family said.
Ms. Bender belonged to the generation of early 1980’s Pictures artists, who included Jack Goldstein, Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo and Richard Prince. Combining aspects of Conceptual Art and Pop Art, these artists used the images of popular culture to dissect its powerful codes, especially regarding gender and sexuality.
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