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Metanoia, 1968 - 2010
Loaned to
GAM Galleria d'Arte Moderna
Description
DVD Box, Booklet, 3 Beta Cam
No. Elements
29
Edition
Ed. 1/29
Object Type
video
Credits
© Valie Export - Courtesy GAM - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino - Proprietà della Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT
The Artist
In 1967, VALIE EXPORT did away with her original name and replaced it with a pseudonym deliberately written in all caps, creating an outright brand with which she was to apply to all her works. Right from the start, she preferred new forms of expression rather than the traditional art forms: video, photography and performance proved best capable of voicing her feminist demands, allowing her to investigate the power relationships between the sexes, the conditioning of the male gaze on the female body, and the role of the woman in both the domestic and the public arena. [...]
GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino
Via Magenta, 31
10128 Torino