© The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Distribuida por EFE
Female Trouble. The camera as mirror and stage of female projection
until 26.10.2008
Exhibition | PINAKOTHEK DER MODERNE | KUNST
Since the invention of photography more than 150 years ago it has been largely women who have used this technical medium to project themselves through role playing and masquerading. As well as the experimental urge to constantly create something new, the camera has also served as a means of questioning clichés of female representation. Playing with the image of the eternally feminine was and remains a discourse with gender identity, its social and political definition and what goes beyond that.
The exhibition focuses on contemporary women artists such as Cindy Sherman, Sarah Lucas, Monica Bnvicini and Pipilotti Rist, who with the aid of photography and video art examine the female image, deconstruct and redefine it. At the same time, the exhibition reaches back into the 19th and early 20th century when women such as Countess Castiglione, Lady Hawarden, Claude Cahun and Florence Henri discovered photography as a means of (self-) projection and enquiry.
Kindly supported by the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne.
Wanda Wulz / © Estate of Wanda Wulz. Courtesy Raccolte Museali Fratelli Alinari (RMFA), Firenze / Distribuida por EFE
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Un comentario en “Female Trouble. The camera as mirror and stage of female projection”
Isabel Romana
31 julio, 2008 at 19:57Parece una exposición interesantísima. Ya que no todo el mundo puede ir, espero que al menos llegue a España el catálogo. Que pases un feliz verano, querida amiga.