Gender as image and media field

Lynn Hershman Leeson's work in the context of gender, politics and visuality
Thu, March 19, 2015 6 pm CET, Lecture
In her lecture Anja Zimmermann discusses selected works by Lynn Hershman Leeson in the light of contemporary debates on gender in art, politics and the social sciences so as to facilitate a new perspective on the exhibited works.
Lynn Hershman Leeson’s oeuvre has, from the outset, given rise to numerous works the focus of which turns on the role of women in society and in the art business. Hence, as early as the 1970s, she began to rebel against male domination in art institutes by organizing exhibitions featuring the work of exclusively female artists, and by founding the exhibitions Floating Museum (1974–1978), an organization for the implementation of extraordinary art projects with artists. Her award-winning documentary film »!W.A.R. Women Art Revolution« (2010) features interviews with numerous artists, curators and art critics, and presents the art history of the second half of the twentieth century from a female perspective. In her performances, films, photographs, objects and installations, Hershman Leeson not only thematizes the instrumentalization of women as sexual objects, but also points to the discrimination of other population groups – such as blacks and homosexuals.
Lynn Hershman Leeson’s oeuvre has, from the outset, given rise to numerous works the focus of which turns on the role of women in society and in the art business. Hence, as early as the 1970s, she began to rebel against male domination in art institutes by organizing exhibitions featuring the work of exclusively female artists, and by founding the exhibitions Floating Museum (1974–1978), an organization for the implementation of extraordinary art projects with artists. Her award-winning documentary film »!W.A.R. Women Art Revolution« (2010) features interviews with numerous artists, curators and art critics, and presents the art history of the second half of the twentieth century from a female perspective. In her performances, films, photographs, objects and installations, Hershman Leeson not only thematizes the instrumentalization of women as sexual objects, but also points to the discrimination of other population groups – such as blacks and homosexuals.
PD Dr. Anja Zimmermann
is lecturer at the University of Oldenburg. She studied art history, empirical cultural science and education in Würzburg and Tübingen, and gained her PhD in art history. Following her habilitation, she held various lectureships and deputy professorships, among others in Hamburg, Bern, Vienna and Klagenfurt. In addition to her main areas of research on gender research, controversies in contemporary art, and the relationship between art and science, she has contributed numerous publications (among other things, »Kunstgeschichte und Gender« (ed.), Berlin 2006; »Biologische Metaphern zwischen Kunst, Kunstgeschichte und Wissenschaft in Neuzeit und Moderne«, Berlin 2014).- Organization / Institution
- ZKM | Karlsruhe
Accompanying program
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- Fri, February 10, 2017
- Lynn Hershman Leeson: Civic Radar (YBCA, San Francisco)
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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- Sat, February 27, 2016
- Liquid Identities – Lynn Hershman Leeson (Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg)
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Lehmbruck Museum
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- Sun, June 14, 2015
- Lynn Hershman Leeson. Civic Radar (Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg)
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Sammlung Falckenberg
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- Mon, April 06, 20155.30 pm
- Electronic Tracks
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Guided Tour
Medialounge
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- Mon, April 06, 20153 pm
- Lynn Hershman Leeson
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Guided Tour
ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst
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- Sun, April 05, 20154 pm
- Lynn Hershman Leeson
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Guided Tour
ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst
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- Thu, March 19, 20156 pm
- Gender as image and media field
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Lecture
ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst
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- Wed, March 18, 20154 pm
- Deep Contact
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Guided Tour
ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst
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- Sun, March 15, 20151 pm
- Teknolust. With Lynn Hershman Leeson at the cinema
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Film Screening
Schauburg – Das Filmtheater in Karlsruhe
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- Fri, February 27, 20156 pm
- The Infinity Engine
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Lecture
ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst
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- Sun, February 22, 20154.30 pm
- Identitäten
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Guided Tour
ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst
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- Sun, December 28, 20144.30 pm
- Frauenbilder
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Guided Tour
ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst
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- Fri, December 19, 20144 pm
- Überschreitungen – Theologen treffen auf zeitgenössische Kunst
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Guided Tour
ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst
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- Sun, December 14, 20144 pm
- Lynn Hershman Leeson
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Talk
ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst
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- Fri, December 12, 20147 pm
- Lynn Hershman Leeson. Civic Radar
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Opening
Foyer