VALIE EXPORT – THE 1980 VENICE BIENNALE WORKS
2019-12-16A pioneer in film, video and installation art, with a career spanning close to five decades, VALIE EXPORT has produced one of the most significant bodies of feminist art in the post-war period. Awarded this year’s Roswitha Haftmann Prize, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the visual arts, EXPORT’s groundbreaking films and performances throughout the 1960s and 70s introduced a new form of radical feminism to Europe and were among the most revolutionary – and definitive – statements of their time.
Marking a key moment for the internationally acclaimed artist, The 1980 Venice Biennale Works will present EXPORT’s innovative multimedia installation from the 39th Venice Biennale. Originally shown alongside Maria Lassnig in the 1980 Austrian Pavilion, EXPORT’s installation embodies the fierce and fearless interrogation of oppressive power structures and hierarchical systems of control at the heart of the artist’s practice.
Opposite – Einkreisung, 1976
Exhibition runs through to January 25th, 2020
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Ely House
37 Dover Street
W1S 4NJ
London
