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Berni Searle
Looking Back, 1999. Colour Photograph .

‘Rebelle. Art and Feminism 1969-2009’

Berni Searle at MMKA, Arnhem

From poster activists to virtual cyber art, forty years of art history are on display in ‘Rebelle’. This exhibition focuses on works by female artists who are or have been greatly inspired by feminism. While the topic of art and feminism has both champions and opponents, everyone is in agreement about one thing: feminism permanently changed the artistic landscape.

‘Rebelle’ brings together work from different generations and parts of the world. Berni Searle (1964) who often uses natural pigments and changes the color of her skin with them – recalling the spice trade and colonization – is, for example, influenced by Cuban American Ana Mendieta’s (1948-1985) “earth prints.” The Guatemalan Regina Galindo (1974) belongs to a generation of performance artists that use their bodies to question chaos and violence in their societies. Her work recalls that of Gina Pane. Works by Zanele Muholi and Dineo Bopape will also be exhibited.

Newspaper clippings, documentaries and photos add another layer to ‘Rebelle’. The art is placed in the context of important social developments, the changing position of women, and ‘action’ and intervention in the art world in particular.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue.

30 May - 23 August

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