Joslyn Showcases Early Work of Pipilotti Rist

May 25th, 2026

The Joslyn Art Museum, a local museum in the Omaha area, is enriching the lives of artgoers through the variety and diversity of artwork housed within its walls. In its Rhonda and Howard Hawks Pavilion space, the Joslyn is displaying an early work by Swiss visual artist Pipilotti Rist titled I’m Not the Girl Who Misses Much.

Karen Campbell, the Phil Wilson Curator of Contemporary Art at the Joslyn, said, “So what we’re showing at the Joslyn is one of her earliest works. It’s actually the first work that got the art world to kind of perk up its ears and pay attention.”

I’m Not the Girl Who Misses Much, a video created in the 1980s, is a dissection of the media’s portrayal of the female form. The main themes behind the work involve challenging ideas of consumption through an expressive piece that displays true feminine agency. Speaking further about Rist’s work, Campbell said, “She’s taking this idea of the woman’s body from being an object to be consumed to being a subject.”

Pipilotti Rist was also a trailblazer in the creation of audiovisual art, implementing new technology into her work while remaining grounded in the humanity of her creations. “She’s really aware of how technologies and physical bodies come together. So there’s a real visceral quality to her work,” Campbell added.

Pipilotti Rist: I’m Not the Girl Who Misses Much will be open to the public throughout the summer until Aug. 16. More information can be found at joslyn.org.