Bild/Gegenbild: Tarrah Krajnak, VALIE EXPORT, Sanja Iveković, Ana Mendieta + Carrie Mae Weems – Museum Ludwig
The starting point of the photo room presentation is the work Master Rituals II: Weston Nudes by Tarrah Krajnak (*1979 Lima, Peru, lives in Los Angeles, USA). In the eighteen-part series from 2020/2021, the artist recreates female nudes taken by the North American photographer Edward Weston from 1927 onwards and published after his death in 1977. In her work, Krajnak shows herself as photographer and model in one. Her appropriation of Weston’s photographs refers to the traditional hierarchical relationship between artist and model, in which the part of the model presented as passive is faded out. Furthermore, her performative and photographic act targets the canon of Western photography, which is characterised by a white idea of ideal femininity.
WHEN?
Exhibition days:
Saturday, 22 April – Sunday, 27 August 2023
Opening hours:
Tue – Sun (incl. public holidays): 10 – 18 h
Closed on Mondays (except public holidays)
image above: Ana Mendieta, Facial hair transplant, 1972, colour photograph 32.5 x 48.5 cm, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023 * Reproduction: Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Cologne.
