sinopsis

The first comprehensive monograph of the
acclaimed Austrian artist Renate Bertlmann
presents a sweeping survey of her oeuvre. The artist Renate Bertlmann, who lives and works in Vienna,
is a preeminent representative of the Feminist Avant-Garde. This book presents 250 illustrations that unfold a panorama of a creative output spanning over five decades. The artist's inspiration for her work is amo ergo sum (I love therefore I am). Five international writers discuss the themes of "Pornography," "Irony," and "Utopia" in Bertlmann's oeuvre. In her work, she deftly arranges clashes between opposites: sexual pleasure and asceticism, female and male, soft and hard, attraction and repulsion. Ambivalent feelings between tenderness and aggression come to the fore, fueling Bertlmann's subversive politics.