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Mariette Pathy Allen
Karla, bodybuilder at rest, 1999
Selenium toned Silver Gelatin Print
17 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, Edition: #3/10
Value: $1200 | Min. Bid: $400
Courtesy of the Artist

Mariette Pathy Allen is a painter turned photographer who has always been fascinated by the juxtaposition of signs, symbols, cultural markers, and assumptions about gender roles. She is the author of "Transformations: Crossdressers and Those Who Love Them", and "The Gender Frontier", a 2004 Lambda Literary Award winner. Allen's work has been widely exhibited in the USA and abroad and is in the collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale,Paris, the Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington DC,the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the New York Public Library, and the Brooklyn Museum among others. She will be lecturing at the Brooklyn Museum on November 8th, in conjunction with the exhibition "Burning Down The House: Feminist Images from the Collection", 10/31-5/31/09.

Artist Web Site