THE ROUGHLY 14 CHILDREN BY LUCIAN FREUD
DIE CA. 14 KINDER VON LUVIAN FREUD
The British painter Lucian Freud supposedly had at least 14 children. Each one had only one father.
By means of satellite dishes and gloves, which switch between everyday objects and creatures, a connection between the artists’ children is constructed.
Factor X – The Chromosom of Art / 3rd Artists’ Biennial
This exhibition invites visitors to reflect on factors which play a role in art and influence how it is perceived and valued. Is the gender of the artist also a factor? How does the chromosome
of art make its presence felt?
(…) Despite debates in recent decades, the issue of gender and the arts still seems to be relevant. What significance do genres, materials and techniques have in the attribution of maleness and femaleness? The experience of a work is usually disputed by the gender codes of its authorship.
This exhibition brings the viewer in a tête-à-tête encounter with the work of art and its sensual, physical presence. Some works explicitly portray a particular gender and its associated roles and take a playful approach with ascriptions, idealised images and maskings. Others are more associative in their approach to the issues. An interest in physicality and identity is consistently present.