Mierle Laderman Ukeles — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works53

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Whitney

Art Institute of Chicago

Princeton University Art Museum

For Sale 10

Ronald Feldman Gallery · Artsy

The Social Mirror (mirror covered Sanitation Truck, 1983

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12-ton, 20-cubic yard refuse collection truck outfitted with mirrored glass panels.

Ronald Feldman Gallery · Artsy

Hartford Wash: Washing, Tracks, Maintenance (Outside), 1973

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12 black and white photographs and 2 pages of text

Ronald Feldman Gallery · Artsy

Touch Sanitation Performance, 1979

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Chromogenic print

Ronald Feldman Gallery · Artsy

Washing, 1974, 1974

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15 black-and-white photographs: 16 x 20 inches each 2 black-and-white photographs: 20 x 16 inches each 2 text pages

Ronald Feldman Gallery · Artsy

Unburning Freedom Hall, 1997

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Mixed media

Ronald Feldman Gallery · Artsy

Touch Sanitation Performance, August 8, 1979, Sweep 2, Bronx 21, 1979

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Archival pigment prints

Ronald Feldman Gallery · Artsy

Touch Sanitation Performance: "Hand Shake Ritual" with workers of New York City Department of Sanitation, 1977

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Color photograph

Ronald Feldman Gallery · Artsy

Ceremonial Arch Honoring Service Workers in the New Service Economy, 1989

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6,000 dirty work gloves and garbage materials

Ronald Feldman Gallery · Artsy

May 14, 1980, Sweep 10, Manhattan 11, 1980

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Archival pigment print

The Brooklyn Rail Curatorial Projects · Artsy

Sanitation Manifesto, 1984

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Two text pages mounted on Museum Board

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Education1

Barnard College

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Publications2

Monograph 1

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Prestel · 2016

Survey 1

Institutional Critique Author

MIT Press · 2011

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Current Exhibitions1

Albertina

CARE MATTERS. An Exhibition of the VERBUND COLLECTION

Renate Bertlmann, Elizabeth Catlett, Hannah Cooke, Sandra Eleta, VALIE EXPORT, Sophie Gogl, Marlene Haring, Lena Henke, Natalia Iguiñiz Boggio, Birgit Jürgenssen, Kirsten Justesen, Anna Kutera, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Christine Lederer, Karin Mack, Małgorzata Markiewicz, Kelly O’Brien, Frida Orupabo, Letícia Parente, Margot Pilz, Maria Pinińska-Bereś, Margaret Raspé, Laura Ribero, Martha Rosler, Hansel Sato, Anna Schölß, Mary Sibande, Lorna Simpson, Annegret Soltau, Rosemarie Trockel, Nicole Wermers, Akihito Yoshida

Albertinapl. 1, 1010 Wien, Austria

Mar 12, 2026 — Jun 28, 2026

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