Barbara Rosenthal

Barbara Ann Rosenthal (born 1948) is an American avant-garde artist, writer and performer. Rosenthal's existential themes have contributed to contemporary art and philosophy. Rosenthal's pseudonyms are "Homo Futurus," which was taken from the title of one of her books, and ''"Cassandra-on-the-Hudson,"'' which alludes to "the dangerous world she envisions" while creating art in her studio and residence on the Hudson River in Greenwich Village, NYC. Rosenthal successfully trademarked "Homo Futurus" in 2022.

Rosenthal is a conceptual artist whose archives have been accepted by Queens College. In her work, Rosenthal often revisits past works, and combines old elements with new ones in a creative process that may include the use of X-rays, brain scans, physical or textual elements from her journals, and clothing. As an artist in the fields of surrealism and existentialism, her works incorporate intense introspection, and by using herself "as a guinea pig", Rosenthal explores what it means to be human.

As an artist, Rosenthal is known as an Old Master of New Media because of her extensive use of photography, video, electronic and digital media, and many other forms of art that have become popular in modern times with the advent of new technology, each of which has a section in this article. Almost all of her works are produced in editions that combine camera, text, and performative aspects. Elements of Rosenthal's earlier body of work, "Surreal Photography" are often present in her contemporary pieces. Provided by Wikipedia