Carolee Schneemann’s Cats

The first major retrospective of Carolee Schneemann since her death in 2019 has opened at the Barbican in London. Although Schneemann is best known for her groundbreaking performances and critical feminist voice, many of her works in the retrospective are linked by the recurring presence of her cats—her companions and co-conspirators throughout her long career. ‘The cat,’ she even declared in 1974, ‘is my medium.’ Carolee Schneemann’s Cats is an exhibition responding to this legendary artist’s feline muses by the international collective Cats Like Plain Crisps