Linda Stein (artist)
Encyclopedia
Linda Stein is an American
sculptor and feminist.
Stein was born in The Bronx
to a working-class family. She attended the School of Visual Arts
and Queens College, where she earned a B.A. and, while working as an art teacher, an M.A. at the Pratt Institute
.
Her career began with a calligraphy
service in New York. The business used the art gentrification
of TriBeCa
. Stein later made a sculpture
series fusing machetes with wood, rope, and other materials; she also paints and works in mixed media
.
Stein is a member of the Veteran Feminists of America
. In 2005, the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen
fooled her into an interview with his character Borat
(telling her he was a journalist for Belarus
Television making a documentary about the United States), which was included in his 2006 film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
. In the interview, Stein responded seriously and angrily to Cohen's character's ludicrously sexist attitudes on women, and finally stormed off the interview set.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
sculptor and feminist.
Stein was born in The Bronx
The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...
to a working-class family. She attended the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
and Queens College, where she earned a B.A. and, while working as an art teacher, an M.A. at the Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private art college in New York City located in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite campuses in Manhattan and Utica. Pratt is one of the leading undergraduate art schools in the United States and offers programs in Architecture, Graphic Design, History of Art and Design,...
.
Her career began with a calligraphy
Calligraphy
Calligraphy is a type of visual art. It is often called the art of fancy lettering . A contemporary definition of calligraphic practice is "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner"...
service in New York. The business used the art gentrification
Gentrification
Gentrification and urban gentrification refer to the changes that result when wealthier people acquire or rent property in low income and working class communities. Urban gentrification is associated with movement. Consequent to gentrification, the average income increases and average family size...
of TriBeCa
TriBeCa
Tribeca is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York in the United States. Its name is an acronym based on the words "Triangle below Canal Street", and is properly bounded by Canal Street, West Street, Broadway, and Vesey Street...
. Stein later made a sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
series fusing machetes with wood, rope, and other materials; she also paints and works in mixed media
Mixed media
Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed.There is an important distinction between "mixed-media" artworks and "multimedia art". Mixed media tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct...
.
Stein is a member of the Veteran Feminists of America
Veteran Feminists of America
Veteran Feminists of America is a non-profit organization based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, for veterans of the Second Wave of the feminist movement...
. In 2005, the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and voice artist. He is most widely known for his portrayal of three unorthodox fictional characters: Ali G, Borat, and Brüno...
fooled her into an interview with his character Borat
Borat
Borat Sagdiyev is a satirical fictional character invented and performed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen...
(telling her he was a journalist for Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
Television making a documentary about the United States), which was included in his 2006 film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, often referred to simply as Borat, is a 2006 mockumentary comedy film directed by Larry Charles and distributed by 20th Century Fox...
. In the interview, Stein responded seriously and angrily to Cohen's character's ludicrously sexist attitudes on women, and finally stormed off the interview set.
Selected solo exhibitions
| Exhibition title | Gallery name | City, State |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 STEIN: NEW WORK | PAF Gallery of Fine Art | New York |
| 1975 CONSTRUCTIONS | Gallery North | Scarsdale, New York |
| 1977 PROFILE | Gallery Camino Real | Boca Raton, Florida |
| 1988 CHAIRS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTIONS | Borough of Manhattan Community College | New York |
| 1989 -STEIN ENVIRONMENTAL EXCAVATION | Becton Hall Gallery | Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey |
| STEIN EXCAVATION, Presented by mayor-Elect David Dinkins | Gallery of Manhattan Borough | President, New York |
| 1991 -BLADES: TRANSCENDING AGGRESSION | Monmouth County Arts Center | New Jersey |
| BLADES: REVERSING VIOLENCE | Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Window on Broad | The University of the Arts, Philadelphia |
| BLADES: A PSYCHOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT | Fairleigh Dickinson University, Edward Williams Gallery | New Jersey |
| BLADES IN NEW YORK: A MULTI-MEDIA ENVIRONMENT | Soho 20 | New York |
| 1994 -LINDA STEIN BLADES | Jamaica Arts Center | Queens, New York |
| 1996 -MUSICAL BLADES | Cortland Jessup Gallery | Provincetown, Massachusetts |
| 1998 -LINDA STEIN SOUNDING BLADES | Spiva Art Museum | Joplin, Missouri |
| 2002 -LINDA STEIN EMBEDDED GLYPHS | The Art Club | New York |
| 2004 -LINDA STEIN - THE FACE: AN OBSESSION OF ANGER (three decades) | Morgan Gallery | Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts |
| 2005 -LINDA STEIN - "(K)NIGHT WATCH," | New York University, Broadway Windows | New York |
| 2006 -LINDA STEIN - KNIGHTS | Flomenhaft Gallery | New York |
| LINDA STEIN - SCULPTURE OF THE HEROIC WOMAN | Anita Shapolsky Gallery, Jim Thorpe | Pennsylvania |
| LINDA STEIN - WONDER WOMAN REBORN AS LINDA STEIN | The Art Mission Gallery | Binghamton, New York |
| LINDA STEIN - HEROIC VISIONS | Longstreth Goldberg Art | Naples, Florida |