SELBST / sichtbar
Documentation
Participating Artists
The exhibition “SELBST / sichtbar” focuses on showing figurative depictions explicitly from a perspective of women. The work by the six artists, coming from three different generations, communicates about forming and reflecting female identity in a way that is full of tension. Their subjects derive from a profound engagement with their own bodies resulting in elementary questions on birth, sexuality and death with role models and gender relations originated from a western pictorial world, myths and primaeval images. The artists’ comprehensive examinations of the figure lead to vitally needed visions for a society that is still dominated by a “male gaze” in its world of thought and image. One can find this quest for an autonomous look at oneself unified in their diverse artistic approaches, which are reflected continuously in the form of high intimacy and a vigorous presence in their work.
Laura Baginski
curator
SELBST / sichtbar
11.08.2020 – 15.09.2020
EARLSTREET, Pallaswiesenstr. 25, 64293 Darmstadt
The exhibition took place as part of the festival “Den Bogen spannen - 100 Jahre Darmstädter Sezession”