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| Who's Boss |
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I chose the Boss story to engage with, although many other German companies profited during the war years by exploitation, because Boss was a clothing manufacturer; the idea that a costume doesn't just provide a protective layer but can also be a form of disguise, intrigued me. Hugo Ferdinand Boss made gentlemen's suits in Metzingen, Germany until 1931. Later, when he became a Nazi party member, the firm made uniforms. Now the privatised and highly successful fashion house follows contemporary trends that still conform to an... |
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| Double Portraits |
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One sees Ury together with antecedents, including the German impressionist painter Lesser Ury and the German Jewish writer Else Sara Ury. And then Albert Einstein turns up. Although she is not related... |
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| Promised Land |
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A series of art works: consisting of photographs, objects and digitally handwritten texts, dedicated to Ela Ury
A DVD projection of image and sound, English Version 33 minutes, German Version 40 mi... |
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The importance of a feminist position in my art and writing has held a parallel status for me, with the concern over problems of xenophobia and blind spots in history reflected in European society today, particularly Germany, my home since 1993.
I started working on the re-appraisal of Shoah, the Holocaust in Great Britain of the late 80’s. Although this was belated, hardly any British artists were doing that, preferring to engage with Britain’s colonial history and its aftermath, although the Holocaust and its consequence is relevant to British history, principally because the government... [Read More]
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