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.

: Installation Image of Lorraine O’Grady, 2025. Photos by Fabrice Gousset. Courtesy of the Lorraine O’Grady Trust and Mariane Ibrahim (Chicago, Paris, and Mexico City) © 2025 Lorraine O’Grady/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.

: Installation Image of Lorraine O’Grady, 2025. Photos by Fabrice Gousset. Courtesy of the Lorraine O’Grady Trust and Mariane Ibrahim (Chicago, Paris, and Mexico City) © 2025 Lorraine O’Grady/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.