The artistic work of Austrian French artist, choreographer and director Gisèle Vienne (*1976) will be shown for the first time in Berlin in Autumn 2024. As part of a joint exhibition project by the Georg Kolbe Museum, Haus am Waldsee and Sophiensæle, her multi-layered work will be brought to life in the exhibition space and on stage. In the exhibition at the Georg Kolbe Museum, Gisèle Vienne’s works and those of female artists of the European avant-garde will enter into a dialogue that is both ambiguous and humorous.
Based on a centrally presented group of works by Vienne, the exhibition at the Georg Kolbe Museum presents female artists of the European avant-garde who used self-made theatre puppets (marionettes, hand puppets) in their works or engaged with them through poses, costumes or stage movements. In the interwar period, they were active in various artistic centres and milieus such as Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Paris, Zurich, Prague, Krakow and Kiev. Established figures in art history such as Claude Cahun, Hannah Hӧch, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Emmy Hennings – who belonged to the Dadaist circles in Berlin and Zurich or Surrealist circles in Paris – will be on display alongside lesser-known artists such as Hermine Moos, Maria Jarema and Milada Marešová.
Artists: Josephine Baker, Claude Cahun, Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster, Valeska Gert, Estelle Hanania, Emmy Hennings, Hannah Höch, Maria Jarema, Milada Marešová, Hermine Moos, Lotte Pritzel, Lotte Reiniger, Lavinia Schulz, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Marie Vassilieff, Gisèle Vienne.
The exhibition opens as part of Berlin Art Week on 12 September 2024 at the Georg Kolbe Museum. The Haus am Waldsee will open on 11 September 2024 and the film „Jerk“ by Gisèle Vienne will be shown at the Sophiensaele on 15 September 2024, and will be followed by an artist’s talk. The performances of „Crowd“ are scheduled for 14/15/16 November 2024. The historical part of the exhibition is curated by Joanna Kordjak (Zachęta National Gallery Warsaw).
Claude Cahun, I am in training don't kiss me, 1927. Jersey Heritage Inv.-Nr. 1995.30j. Courtesy of Jersey Heritage