Depictions & Representations
Depictions & Representations
May 15, 2023
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Verletzungen I’ (Injuries I), 1972, ALBERTINA, Vienna – The ESSL Collection © VALIE EXPORT, 2022, ProLitteris, Zurich, Photo: Hermann Hendrich
Export’s multi-disciplinary oeuvre transcends any definitive categorisation. An early pioneer of performance, installation and video art, she has consistently broken through the boundaries separating media genres, often using her own body as an artistic medium. From the very beginning, photography played a key role in Export’s creative practice – be it for documentary or experimental purposes, as an element in her multimedia installations, or as an art form in its own right.
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Verletzungen I’ (Injuries I), 1972, ALBERTINA, Vienna – The ESSL Collection © VALIE EXPORT, 2022, ProLitteris, Zurich, Photo: Hermann Hendrich
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Anfügung’ (Attachment), 1976, ALBERTINA, Vienna – Haselsteiner Family Collection © VALIE EXPORT, 2022, ProLitteris, Zurich
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Valie Export – Smart Export’, Self Portrait, 1970, ALBERTINA, Vienna –The ESSL Collection © VALIE EXPORT, 2022, ProLitteris, Zurich, Photo: Gertraud Wolfschwenger
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Action Pants: Genital Panic’, 1969, Courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac and the artist © VALIE EXPORT, 2022, ProLitteris, Zurich, Photo: Peter Hassmann
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Nachfügung’ (Post-Addition), 1974, Courtesy of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac and the artist © VALIE EXPORT, 2022, ProLitteris, Zurich, Photo: Eric Timmermann