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19. november 1999 – 5. december 1999, otvoritev 19.11.1999 ob 18. uri
Galerija likovnih umetnosti Slovenj Gradec*
Kustos razstave: Vanesa Cvahte
Koordinacija: Katarina Hergold
Martha Rosler
Marta Rosler je rojena v New Yorku. Leta 1965 je zaključila študij na
Brooklyn College of the City University v New Yorku in v Californiji leta 1973.
Živi in dela v New Yorku.
Roslerjeva je bila v šestdesetih aktivna v mediju fotografije, ki ji je služila kot orožje kritike vojne. Njene teme so bile: pozicioniranje ženske in vloga masovnih medijev v družbi, urbanistična vprašanja in ekonomsko-socialna problematika. Zraven performansov, videa in instalacij je avtorica mnogih kritično-teoretičnih tekstov, ki so mnogokrat podlaga njenim umetniškim delom. Čeprav je njena kritika družbe neposredna, Roslerjeva ne zaide v moraliziranje – Benjamin Buchloh, znani ameriški umetnostni kritik in teoretik pravi o njeni umetnosti «...da ni nikoli didaktična ali avtoritativna, temveč dialogična in aktivistična.« V Evropi je postala znana predvsem po njenem performansu na 7. Kasselski Dokumenti, v 90-ih pa dobiva njeno delo nove razsežnosti za mlade generacije.
IZGUBLJANJE: POGOVOR S STARŠI, video,
18:39 min, 1977, Electronic Arts Intermix
»Ta daljna pripoved, ki spominja
na milnato opero ali televizijski intervju s potrtimi sorodniki žrtve, vzporeja
dva načina uporabe hrane kot orožja: ponotranjeno zatiranje s prostovoljnjim
stradanjem kot posledico družbene vzgoje (anorexia nervosa), in stradanje
zaradi revščine in ekonomske nadvlade. V scenariju, ki spaja dokumentarne
elemente in gledališko igro, nevidni vpraševalec nagovarja nemogoče mlad par.
Starša, ‘intervjuvana’ v njuni luksuzni dnevni sobi, se trudita vzpostaviti
zvezo med hrano in političnim zatiranjem in preideta od svojih izkušenj z
anoreksijo k lakoti v državah Tretjega sveta, kjer je hrana pogosto orožje
političnega podrejanja. Ves čas zastavljata dvostranska vprašanja o moči in
nemoči, vendar jih ne razrešita. Roslerjeva razkriva temelje družbene stvarnosti
– od družinske dinamike laži in nasprotovanj do pojavov dietne prehrane in
lakote – pri oblikovanju lika idealne ženske v sodobni družbi.« (Electronic
Arts Intermix, katalog, http://www.eai.org)
MARTA ROSLER
Marta Rosler was born
in New York. She finished her studies at the Brooklyn College of the City
University in New York in 1965 and in California in 1973. She lives and works
in New York.
In the
sixties Rosler was engaged in photography, using it as a means for the
criticism of war. She dealt with the position of women and the role of mass
media in the society, urban planning issues and socio-economic problems.
Besides making performances, videos and installations she wrote numerous
critical and theoretical texts, which frequently serve as a basis of her
artistic work. Her criticism of society is straightforward, but she never
ventures into moralising. Benjamin Buchloh, a renowned American art critic and
theorist, said about her art: » …It is never didactic or authoritarian, but
dialogical and activistic.« She became known in Europe especially after her
performance at the 7th Documenta in Kassel, while in the nineties her work has
been acquiring new dimensions for younger generations.
LOSING: A CONVERSATION
WITH THE PARENTS, video, 18:39 min, Electronic Arts Intermix, 1997
»This
distanced narrative, which approximates a soap opera or a TV interview of
bereaved relatives of a victim, confronts two means by which food is used as a
weapon: the internalised oppression of self-starvation as a consequence of
social learning (anorexia nervosa), and starvation because of poverty and
economic domination. In a scenario that merges documentary elements and
theatrical acting, an unseen questioner addresses an impossibly young couple.
‘Interviewed’ in their plush living room, the parents struggle to make a
connection between food and political oppression, moving from their
confrontations with anorexia to starvation in Third World countries, where food
is often a weapon of political subjugation. They juxtapose but never resolve
these dual questions of power and powerlessness. Rosler exposes underlying
social realities, from the family dynamics of lying and contradiction, to the
phenomenon of dieting and starvation in the creation of an ideal female self in
contemporary culture.« (Electronic Arts Intermix, catalogue;
http://www.eai.org)