Red Stripe Kitchen

Martha Rosler

1967–1972

Photomontage depicting two soldiers surveying terrain outside the back of a modern kitchen, with cookware and mugs set out on the countertop and several stools along counter.
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Creator Bio

Martha Rosler

b. 1943

Brooklyn-born contemporary artist Martha Rosler explores social and political critique through a variety of media. She has worked with photography, video, performance, and installation, in addition to publishing a number of critical essays that examine issues of gender, violence, and public space within American culture. Among Rosler’s best-known works are the photomontages she produced between 1967 and 1972, collectively titled House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home, and her 1975 video Semiotics of the Kitchen. Rosler has exhibited at some of the most prominent art institutions in the United States and was the recipient of the 2010 Guggenheim Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as many other national and international prizes and awards.

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