January 17, 2020
2-TIMES • Art
Valie Export,
‘The 1980 Venice
Biennale Works’
@ Galerie Thaddaeus
Ropac (London)
—
“Since the beginning
of the 1970's, I have
addressed – through
actionism, photography
and drawing – the subject
of representing body
posture as an expression
of inner states...”
Born:
1940 – Linz, Austria.
The exhibition:
Is Export's first solo in
London with Galerie
Thaddaeus Ropac,
presenting the artist's
innovative multimedia
installation from the 39th
Venice Biennale; comprising
works from her photographic
series, ‘Body Configurations’
(1972–1982), centred
around the monumental
sculpture, ‘Gerburtenbett’
(1980), and a looped video
recording of a Catholic
mass transubstantiation.
“From complex embraces
of recognisable and
historical symbols of
urban architecture, to
discerning interactions
with the natural landscape,
Export questions the
presumed division
between the physicality
of the body and its
surroundings.”
2-TIMES highlights:
· Einkreisung, 1976 /
Print 1980
· Abrundung II, 1976 /
Print 1980
On view at:
Galerie Thaddaeus
Ropac
—
Ely House,
37 Dover St (Mayfair),
London W1S 4NJ,
United Kingdom.
Closes:
January 25, 2020.
Valie Export @ Thaddaeus Ropac
PHOTOGRAPHY /
© Valie Export /
Bildrecht 2019
—
Courtesy of:
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac,
London • Paris • Salzburg
—
Images:
Ben Westoby
CREDITS /





























