»Nachfügung«, from the series »Körperkonfigurationen«, 1974
»Nachfügung«, from the series »Körperkonfigurationen«, 1974
In her series »Körperkonfigurationen« (body configurations), VALIE EXPORT questions body language – as a gender-specific, socially and historically coded concept. The Austrian media artist pursues a critical practice by positioning herself into architectural and landscape environments, taking photographs and graphically accentuating the prints. In doing so, she inscribes the female body in a pictorial space determined by patriarchal visual conventions and attempts to break up these structures.
LITERATURE VALIE EXPORT, Körpersplitter, Bd. 1, Konfigurationen. Fotografien 1968-77, Linz: Edition Neue Texte 1980, p. 43
Vintage silver print manipulated with acrylic paint, 38 x 52,5 cm
Signed, dated, and stamped by the photographer in the image lower center, titled in the image lower right in black ink
Starting price: 18,000 € / Estimate: 28,000–34,000 €
Starting price: 18,000 €
Estimate: 28,000–34,000 €
Vintage silver print manipulated with acrylic paint, 38 x 52,5 cm
Signed, dated, and stamped by the photographer in the image lower center, titled in the image lower right in black ink
In her series »Körperkonfigurationen« (body configurations), VALIE EXPORT questions body language – as a gender-specific, socially and historically coded concept. The Austrian media artist pursues a critical practice by positioning herself into architectural and landscape environments, taking photographs and graphically accentuating the prints. In doing so, she inscribes the female body in a pictorial space determined by patriarchal visual conventions and attempts to break up these structures.
LITERATURE VALIE EXPORT, Körpersplitter, Bd. 1, Konfigurationen. Fotografien 1968-77, Linz: Edition Neue Texte 1980, p. 43