I will always
Dagmar Trampisch, "Bergkameraden", 1999, (Videostill)
Since the fascination in looking is founded on separation from what is seen, the field of vision is also, and most appropriately, the field of desire. (Mary Kelly in Desiring Images/Imaging Desires)
In the text cited above, Mary Kelly sketches the various possibilities for escaping of the female dilemma of simultaneously being the object and the subject of desire: androgyny, purposely assuming the patriarchal facade, or a kind of iconoclasm, in which images are generally excluded, thus constructing meaning through absence. The selected artists work in different ways with these strategies, thus occupying positions located in between dichotomous delimitations.
Maria Hahnenkamp's slide projections of fragments of female and male bodies from historical paintings probes the human body visually, so to speak. She questions who looks where and why, providing a historical pictorial analysis, yet entangles us in the snares of our own wishes at the same time.
Meike Schmidt-Gleim's book project also treats historical material, specifically the "12 Discussions on Sexuality", which were conducted by a group of almost exclusively male Surrealists between 1928 and 1932. She reproduced these discussions with other women artists, exchanging the roles of the speakers and those spoken of. Prepared in book form in the same layout, she mixes the transcribed discussions with the original. A delicate discourse on sexuality and love evolves in the new version, although here the power of definition is held by the female participants.
In Dagmar Trampisch's video "Bergkameraden", the artist delivers an affectionate commentary on the heroes, the Austrian downhill skiing team. The relationship between female fans and male stars, but also the construction of national identity through high-performance sports are subtly and ironically called into question.
BIOGRAPHIES
MARIA HAHNENKAMP, born 1959, lives and works in Vienna.
Exhibitions (selected): Galerie Schorm, 1993; "Suture - Phantasmen der Vollkommenheit", Salzburger Kunstverein, 1994; Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg, 1996; photo works / Installations", Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, 2001
MEIKE SCHMIDT-GLEIM, born 1972, lives and works in Vienna.
Studied at the University of Vienna (philosophy) and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, dissertation scholarship (philosophy); exhibition project "Volxhochschule" at the Salzburger Kunstverein together with Marius Babias and Silke Wagner, 2001
DAGMAR TRAMPISCH, born 1973, lives and works in Vienna.
Studied architecture at the Technical University Vienna and at the University for Applied Arts (commercial graphics)
1999 founded the advertising agency dasuno advertising
HEMMA SCHMUTZ, art historian, lives and works in Vienna.
1994-1997 program conception for the Depot im Museumsquartier, since 1998 curatorial assistance and exhibition production for the Generali Foundation/Vienna, texts in exhibition catalogues and art journals (including "springerin"); most recently co-curator of the exhibition "double life", 2001, Generali Foundation/Vienna
PUBLIKATION
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5 Maria Hahnenkamp/Meike Schmidt-Gleim/Dagmar Trampisch 6 pages authors: Matthias Herrmann, Hemma Schmutz, Dagmar Trampisch ___________________ available in the shop |
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