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    Artwork Survey: 1980s

    Joan Jonas
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    • "Upsidedown and Backwards"
      video stills
      1980
      Video, color, sound
      29 minutes 3 seconds

      © Joan Jonas

    • "He Saw Her Burning"
      1982–83
      Performance in Genazzano, Italy, 1982

      Photos: Nanda Lanfranco

      © Joan Jonas

    • "He Saw Her Burning"
      video stills
      1983
      Video, color, sound
      19 minutes 32 seconds

      © Joan Jonas

    • "Double Lunar Dogs"
      video still
      1984
      Video, black-and-white, sound
      24 minutes 4 seconds

      © Joan Jonas

    • "Volcano Saga"
      1985
      Installation
      dimensions variable

      Installation view: Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK, 2011

      © Joan Jonas

    • "Volcano Saga"
      1985
      Performance at The Performing Garage, New York, NY, 1987

      Photo: Gabor Szitanyl

      © Joan Jonas

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