Viennese Season: Feminism – VALIE EXPORT and Friedl Kubelka at Richard Saltoun
//Genitalpanik (Genital Panic), 1969. VALIE EXPORT. Poster, silk-screen print. 69.5 x 49.5cm. Copyright the artist. Courtesy Richard Saltoun Gallery//
//Untitled (Pin-Up), 1973. Friedl Kubelka. Black and white photograph mounted on cardboard, 16.8 x 11.6cm//
This week sees the opening of the second of London gallery Richard Saltoun’s two-part exhibition of Viennese art: Feminism presents the work of VALIE EXPORT and Friedl Kubelka.
//Smart/Export II, 1968/1970. VALIE EXPORT. Vintage gelatin silver print, 60.7 x 40.5 cm. Edition of 5 plus 2 artist’s proofs. Copyright the artist. Courtesy Richard Saltoun Gallery//
//Drei Figurationszeichen Drei Körperkonfigurationen (Three Characters Figuration Three Bodies Configuration) 1972/1976. VALIE EXPORT. Set of three gelatin silver prints, 36.5 x 55 cm each. Edition 3/3. Copyright the artist. Courtesy Richard Saltoun Gallery//
Feminism – which follows on the heels of the gallery’s presentation of the Viennese Actionists – shows the ways in which both artists explore gender, the body and politics.
Included in the show are such important works as EXPORT’s self-portrait Smart/Export II and Kubelka’s series Pin-Ups 1971-1974.
//Untitled (Pin-Up), 1972. Friedl Kubelka. Black and white photograph mounted on cardboard, 16.8 x 11.3cm//
//Untitled (Pin-Up), 1971. Friedl Kubelka. Black and white photograph mounted on cardboard, 11.6 x 16.4cm//
//Reise (Voyage), 1974. Friedl Kubelka. Black and white photograph with blue pen “Toulon 18.6.74”, 12.5 x 18cm//
On Thursday (April 10) Richard Saltoun is hosting an evening of Kubelka’s films from 1968 to the present day. The artist, Friedl vom Gröller, went on a hiatus from film-making after her marriage to Peter Kubelka, and returned to it after their divorce. She is introducing and curating the film evening.
There is a book of Kubelka Vom Gröller’s film and photography – details here – and EXPORT’s website is here.
Viennese Season: Feminism is at Richard Saltoun Gallery from April 10 – May 23, 2014. Details here.