Mlle Bourgeoise Noire gallery

: 01. Mlle Bourgeoise Noire leaves the safety of home (New Museum performance, 1981)

: 02. Mlle Bourgeoise Noire and her Master of Ceremonies enter the New Museum

: 03. Mlle Bourgeoise Noire asks, Won’t you help me lighten my heavy bouquet?

: 04. A skeptic inspects Mlle Bourgeoise Noire’s cape

: 05. Mlle Bourgeoise Noire smiles, she smiles, she smiles

: 06. Mlle Bourgeoise Noire continues her tournée

: 07. Mlle Bourgeoise Noire removes the cape and puts on her gloves

: 08. Mlle Bourgeoise Noire begins to concentrate

: 09. Crowd watches Mlle Bourgeoise Noire whipping herself

: 10. Mlle Bourgeoise Noire beats herself with the whip-that-made-plantations-move

: 11. Crowd watches Mlle Bourgeoise Noire shouting her poem

: 12. Mlle Bourgeoise Noire shouts out her poem

: 13. Mlle Bourgeoise Noire leaves the New Museum

: 14. Mlle Bourgeoise Noire celebrates with her friends