m a r t h a . w i l s o n
Founding Director,
Franklin Furnace
Performance artist Martha Wilson is Founding Director of Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. a museum in Lower Manhattan which since 1976 has presented and preserved temporal art: Artists' books and other multiples produced internationally since 1960; temporary installations; and performance art.
Trained in English Literature, Ms. Wilson became fascinated by the art field in which text and image intersect while teaching at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. As an artist, she
has performed in the guises of Alexander Haig, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan
and Barbara Bush. Ms. Wilson lectures widely on the book as an artform and
on performance art; she is presently editing an issue of the College Art
Association's "Art Journal" on the subject of performance art.
