Silvia Ziranek
The late ‘70s saw the beginning of Ziranek as a Performance Artist with works such as Soviet Sensation, originally performed at Goldsmiths’ College, London in 1976 and Acme Gallery, Covent Garden in 1977. She also frequently performed with Bruce McLean and Nice Style (see Bruce McLean). Ziranek’s playfulness with language, alongside very colour-fuelled fashion items, make her performances witty and complex explorations of identity, feminism, food and footwear.
Silvia Ziranek
Performance documentation / Examples of works
Projection works, 1973, House in Barnes, London
Degree show performance, 1976, Goldsmiths College, London
Chili Con Cardboard: A Contemporary Triptych, 1979, Hayward Annual, London. Curated by Helen Chadwick
Soviet Sensation, 1976/7, Acme Gallery, London [Also Performed 2012 for FAD at The Other Art Fair] View Online
Performance for Helen Chadwick’s Train of Thought, 1978, Acme Gallery, London
Un Morceau de Gateau, with Bruce Mclean, Inside Out, Royal College of Art, London, 1979
Publications
BATTISTA, Kathy (2013) Re-negotiating the Body: Feminist Art in 1970s London, I. B. Tauris
Study Room Ref: P2121
PHILLPOT, Clive and TARSIA, Andrea ed. (2000) Live in Your Head: Concept and Experiment in Britain 1965-1975, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Study Room Ref: P0352
PARKER, Roszika and POLLOCK, Griselda (1987) Framing Feminism: Art and the Women’s Movement 1970-1985, UK: Pandora
Study Room Ref: P2841
Website
Talks/Interviews
Glasgow School of Art, 2009
View Online
Silvia Ziranek, Chili Con Cardboard A Contemporary Triptych, (1979). Hayward Annual, London.
Silvia Ziranek, Projection Works, (1973). House in Barnes, London.
