Pippa Garner

The American artist and author Pippa Garner (1942-2025) addressed systems of consumerism, marketing and waste to create a multidisciplinary body of work tthat includes drawing, performance, sculpture, video and installation over her five decade-spanning career. Born Philip Garner in Evanston, Illinois,Garner began her career working on an assembly line at a Chrysler plant in Detroit. Seeking to avoid the Vietnam War draft, she enrolled in the Industrial Design program at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. Eventually drafted, Garner served as a combat artist, documenting ground action in Vietnam. After her military service, she returned to ArtCenter but was expelled in 1969 for presenting... more.

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