Martha Rosler

born Brooklyn, NY; lives and works in Brooklyn Martha Rosler Reads “Vogue”, 1982 video, color, sound, 25:22 minutes
Courtesy of Martha Rosler and Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Originally produced with the New York public-access TV show Paper Tiger Television, Martha Rosler Reads “Vogue” is a feminist critique of the world of high fashion, as well as a pioneering use of video as an art form. Through her deadpan narration Rosler exposes the manipulative influence of the fashion industry, the desire for luxury goods its media create, and the conditions of sweatshop labor that make the production of such glamour possible.