Detail, 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘴, 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢, aus der Werkserie 𝘖𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘴, 2026
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In 𝘖𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘴, I relate my analysis of culturally constructed body relations to works in the permanent exhibition and collection of the Museum of Fine Arts
@mdbkleipzig Based on my core interest in corporality, I have examined the collection with regard to historical representations of status, gender and narration. In 𝘖𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘴, I take up selected paintings to reflect on their embodiments as well as their contextual backgrounds and connections. How do ideas, roles, power relations or stories become visible in the image? How is the work embedded in cultural, historical and social contexts, what meanings and symbols does it convey – and how can these be linked to contemporary discourses?
The series translates historically developed physicality into a photographic-performative reinterpretation that combines strategies of reconstruction, subversion, appropriation and homage. For example, Klinger’s 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢, a metaphor for the systematic invisibility of non-hegemonic forms of knowledge, is staged as an actively gazing figure. In the appropriation of Ferdinand Bol’s 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘯 the construction of gendered markers is understood and subverted as performance, and Ribot Theodule Augustin’s 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 is read in the context of gossip as informal, subversive knowledge transfer and resistant practice.
The series thus examines both historiography through the museum as a place of institutional knowledge production and social arrangements based on physical attributes. 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘴, the goddess of chaos, is taken beyond her one-dimensional portrayal as a troublemaker and symbolises rebellion against oppressive structures, while her feelings are recognised as legitimate affects in response to exclusion and oppression.
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