New Installations: 40th Year

Forty years ago, artists took over an old mattress factory on Pittsburgh’s North Side, founding what would become an iconic museum. This fall the Mattress Factory will celebrate the ensuing four decades with an exhibition showcasing new pieces by artists who have contributed to its pioneering history. 

Among the artists featured in the exhibition is the late Greer Lankton, famous for depicting the transgender experience through autobiographical dolls and environments. Her immersive installation “It’s all about ME not YOU” is part of the Mattress Factory’s permanent collection. “New Installations” will also feature never-before-shown pieces from the Lankton archive, a comprehensive collection of the artist’s work bequeathed to the Mattress Factory by her parents after she died.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website