Women’s Work

23 04 2010

Maren Hassinger first performed Women’s Work in conjunction with her collaborative performance with Senga Nengudi, Side by Side, at “Les soirées nomades: Nuits Noires,” at the Foundation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, France, in April 2006.  Hassinger explains, “‘Women’s Work’ was my individual creation. Senga had an individual creation and then we made an extended piece together [Side by Side] which involved a video review of our work together over the years and a gift giving segment involving the Paris audience.”

Hassinger adds, “In 2009 the ‘Women’s Work’ piece was reprised during an evening of performance organized by Ulysses Jenkins called ‘Quiet as Kept’ at the California African American Museum (CAAM) in Los Angeles.  This evening was in honor of my receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Caucus [for Art] that year and to the many African American women artists of Los Angeles.  Many of them were present that night, including Senga.”


Artist: Maren Hassinger Current repository: Collection of Maren Hassinger
Location: Foundation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, France

Source: Maren Hassingeri
Title:  Women’s Work Rights:
Medium: video Comments: Performed in conjunction with Hassinger’s collaborative performance with Senga Nengudi, Side by Side, at “Les soirées nomades: Nuits Noires.”

Dimensions: Date: April 2006
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Side by Side

8 12 2009

Summary: A collaboration between Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger, this video premiered in  April of 2006 at “Les soirées nomades: Nuits Noires,” at the Foundation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, France.

Of this video Nengudi writes: “This is a compilation of performances done by Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger in collaboration and separately from the late 1970s to 2006.  It includes ‘Kiss me’ from our Alive Performance. ”

See also:

“Maren and Me” – A 2009 statement by Senga Nengudi on her collaboration with Maren Hassinger.

Manifesto” – A statement written by Maren Hassinger in 2006 on the occasion of her collaboration with Senga Nengudi on Side by Side.

Women’s Work – A performance by Maren Hassinger, presented at the Fondation Cartier in conjunction with Side by Side.

Artist: Senga Nengudi and Maren Hassinger Current repository:
Location: Source: Senga Nengudi
Title:  Side by Side Rights:
Medium: Video Comments: Presented as part of “Les soirées nomades: Nuits Noires,” Fondation Cartier por l’art contemporain, Paris, France.
Dimensions: Date: 2006




Les soirées nomades: Nuits Noires program

29 11 2009

Nuits Noirs program

Artist: Les Inrockuptibles Current repository: AAPAA
Location: Fondation Cartier por l’art contemporain, Paris, France Source: Senga Nengudi
Title: Les soirées nomades: Nuits Noires program Rights:
Medium: Pamphlet Comments: Performance schedule showing date and time of Senga Nengudi’s performance of “Side by Side” with Maren Hassinger on page 12.
Dimensions: Date: March-May 2006