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Miriam Cahn - I As Human

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A rebel and feminist, the Switzerland-born Miriam Cahn is one of the major artists of her generation.

Widely known for her drawings and paintings, she also experiments with photography, moving images, sculptures, and performance art.

Cahn's diverse body of work is disturbing and dreamlike, filled with striking human figures pulsing with an energy both passionate and violent.

These pieces, along with Cahn's reflections on artistic expression, have always responded to her contemporary moment.

In the 1980s, her work addressed the feminist, peace, and environmental movements, while the work she produced in the 1990s and early 2000s contains allusions to the war in the former Yugoslavia, the conflict in the Middle East, and the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Her recent production tackles ever-evolving political conflicts, engaging with the European refugee crisis and the "#metoo" movement. Miriam Cahn: I as Human examines different facets of the artist's prolific and troubling oeuvre, featuring contributions from art historians, critics, and philosophers including Kathleen Buhler, Paul B.

Preciado, Elisabeth Lebovici, Adam Szymczyk, Natalia Sielewicz and .

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Product Details
8364177559 / 9788364177552
Paperback / softback
709.2
12/02/2019
Poland
English
243 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
20 cm
Professional & Vocational Learn More
Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Kunstmuseum Bern, 22nd February-16th June 2019, at Haus der Kunst, Munich, 12th July-27th October 2019 and at Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, 29th November 2019-23 February 2020.