Image/Counterimage: Tarrah Krajnak, VALIE EXPORT, Sanja Iveković, Ana Mendieta, Carrie Mae Weems
Through photography, film, video, and performance-based practices, these artists challenge dominant visual narratives and explore themes of the body, gender, identity, and power. Spanning generations and geographies, the exhibition draws connections between their distinct yet resonant approaches to image-making and its subversion.
About the artist
Tarrah Krajnak is an American artist who works with photography, performance, and poetry. In 2020 she received the Lange-Taylor Prize. Krajnak's work is held in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pinault Collection, Paris and Victoria & Albert Museum…
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Waltraud Lehner, known professionally as Valie Export, was an Austrian avant-garde artist. She was best known for expanded cinema and provocative public performances. Her work also included video installations, computer animations, photography, sculpture, and publications on contemporary art.
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Museum Ludwig, located in Cologne, Germany, houses a collection of modern art. It includes works from Pop Art, Abstract and Surrealism, and has one of the largest Picasso collections in Europe. It holds many works by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
