Ilona Granet

Safe, Safe, Safe at Last (Paradise Park), 1995. Vinyl on metal, 12 × 12 inches.

It’s a balloon! It’s a bomb! It’s a stealth bomber! It’s a boat, it’s an Indonesian marriage ceremonial boat, a junk, a submarine, a sloop. It’s a tidal wave! It’s a memorial to the end of the world!, 2004. Stoneware, 19 × 9 inches.

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Brooklyn, 1948
Resides: New York
Education: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (M.F.A., 1974); Tyler School of Art, Temple University (B.F.A., 1970)

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Performances

2004
“War and Safety,” ONO Gallerie, Bern, Switzerland.

1998
P.P.O.W., New York. Also 1991 and 1989.

1980
“Is It War or Is It Work or Are We Waiting for the Good Fairy,” The Kitchen, New York.

1978
“Raised for Rape,” Franklin Furnace, New York (performance). Traveled.

1974
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (performance).

Selected Group Exhibitions and Performances

2006
“The Downtown Show: The New York Downtown Art Scene, 1974–1984,” Grey Art Gallery, New York. Catalogue.

2005
“TV Show: Your Program of Programs,” Pioneer Theatre, New York (performance).

2004
“This Is for Real: War While You Watch,” Stony Brook University Gallery, Long Island, New York.

2002
“To the Flag: Taking Liberties,” Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh.

2000
“Picturing the Modern Amazon,” New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. Catalogue.
“Their Blood Is on Us All,” Anti–Violence Billboard Campaign, East Los Angeles.

1995
“Reinventing the Emblem,” Yale Art Museum, New Haven, Connecticut. Catalogue.

1993
“Safe House Sign Project,” The Peace Museum, Chicago.

1992
“The Power of the City/City of Power,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Catalogue.
“From America—Drawing New Conclusions,” Art Institute of Chicago.

1991
“The Art of Advocacy,” The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Catalogue.
“Visual Art in Prospect Park,” Brooklyn.

1989
“Artpark Billboards,” Lewiston, New York. Catalogue.

1988
“Committed to Print,” Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled. Catalogue.

1987
“Danita Geltner and Ilona Granet,” P.P.O.W., New York.

1984
“Disarming Images,” Bronx Museum of Art, New York. Traveled. Catalogue.
“American Women (Part II),” Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. Catalogue.
“Art as Social Conscience,” Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

1983
“The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Laughter,” Max Protetch Gallery, New York. Traveled.

1982
“Atomic Salon,” Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York.

Selected Bibliography

2004
Lagger, Helen. “Ilona Granet,” Ensuite (Bern, Switzerland, June).

2001
Reckitt, Helena, and Peggy Phelan. Art and Feminism. New York: Phaidon Press.

2000
Smith, Roberta. “Shaking Up Stereotypes with Muscles,” The New York Times (April 7).

1999
Edelman, Robert. “Miss America—Ilona Granet,”
Cover Magazine (spring).
Robertson, Jean, and Craig McDaniels. Painting as Language. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.

1998
Levin, Kim. “Voice Art Choices Recommended,”
Village Voice (December 8).

1997
Schor, Mira. Wet: On Painting, Feminism, and Art Culture. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.

1995
Isaak, Jo Anne. Laughter Ten Years Later. Geneva,
New York: Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

1990
Heartney, Eleanor. “Ilona Granet,” Art in America (January).
Lewis, James. “Ilona Granet,” Artforum (January).

1989
Hess, Elizabeth. “Shock Gallery,” Village Voice (November 7).
Liebmann, Lisa. “Ilona Granet,” The New Yorker (November 13).

1988
“Personalien: Ilona Granet,” Der Spiegel (Germany, April).

1987
“Year in Review: Ilona Granet,” CNN (December 31).
“Project Pages: Ilona Granet,” Artforum (September).