Mary Beth Edelson

Mary Beth Edelson (1933, 2021) was a pioneering American feminist artist whose work spanned performance, ritual art, photography, and collage, often incorporating ancient goddess imagery and female spirituality to challenge patriarchal structures. She is perhaps best known for her 1972 work 'Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper,' a photomontage that replaced the figures in Leonardo da Vinci's painting with prominent female artists. A central figure in the feminist art movement of the 1970s, Edelson's work remains influential for its radical reclamation of female identity and spiritual power.