Austrian style of international body art movement:
in the 1960s Viennese Actionism
in the 1970s Viennese Feminism
Exhibition dates: 13th March – 31st May 2015
Early Cindy Sherman, very good; Francesca Woodman, wow; but Ana Mendieta, you are a star!
Marcus
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Many thankx to the Hamburger Kunsthalle for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the image.
Featuring 34 international women artists, this wide-ranging exhibition highlights the early days of the feminist art movement. With over 150 major works drawn from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND in Vienna, it documents how female artists in the 1970s began collectively reshaping the “image of woman” – something that had never happened before in the history of art. During this period, increasing numbers of women who had been born during or just after the Second World War had the opportunity to study at an art school or academy, enabling them to emancipate themselves from the traditional role of artist’s muse or model. Dr…
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