ANTI/BODY
Claudia Holzinger, Leon Höllhumer, Kai Kuss, Xenia Lesniewski, Daniel Rajcsanyi, Sophia Süßmilch, Sarah Tasha
09/08–28/09/2024
FOTOHOF Gallery
With ANTI/BODY, FOTOHOF brings together artistic positions that use the body as a concrete tool to create narratives and images that defy clear categorization in an existing system established by a »dominant gaze« (of whatever kind). With Claudia Holzinger, Leon Höllhumer, Kai Kuss, Xenia Lesniewski, Daniel Rajcsanyi, Sophia Süßmilch and Sarah Tasha, contemporary artists have been invited who use their respective artistic practices as a strategic means of symbolic and explicit self-assertion and in this way resolutely oppose the patriarchal reason that still comes to us today from the Enlightenment with its trail of suffering of the excluded, the split off, the marginalized, the destroyed and the repressed.
The eponymous term »antibody«, which usually refers to proteins produced by the immune system to combat pathogens, symbolizes the idea of resistance and defence in this context. The selected artistic positions discuss social norms, constraints and stereotypes, explore individual and collective identities and look at forms of oppression. They create alternative perspectives on existing value systems, question traditional narratives and thus fulfill a cultural protective function that could find its counterpart in the biological nature of antibodies.
Note: This exhibition contains explicit sexual content that some visitors may find provocative. We recommend that parents and guardians view the exhibition in advance to assess its suitability for younger visitors. Thank you for your understanding.
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Leon Höllhumer's garishly anarchistic works are usually created as part of performative happenings, richly equipped with elaborately crafted props, which are narratively located somewhere between screwball comedy and horror film. They fluidly combine elements of performance, photography, sculpture, film and storytelling to create a media mix that seems less committed to a straightforward narrative than to the creation of grotesque, artistic habitats. In these dystopian, carnivalesque fairytale worlds, figures borrowed from the art world and subculture meet fantastic chimeras, glazed ceramics become bizarre tools, prostheses and props for shows, which, depending on the concept, can grow into temporary stages and social sculptures.
Happening with food, drink and music
Performance: Leon Höllhumer, Kajetan Uranitsch
Live electronics: Robert Schwarz
Stadtgalerie Lehen and FOTOHOF at Stadtwerk jointly invite you to a art walk through the neighborhood!
Under the motto »Seeing Lehen«, free of charge, about once a month, relaxed, with questions and answers, artists and works »up close« and lots of information all around.
Meeting point: Stadtgalerie Lehen / Inge-Morath-Platz 31 / 5020 Salzburg / Austria
With ANTI/BODY, FOTOHOF brings together artistic positions that use the body as a concrete tool to create narratives and images that defy clear categorization in an existing system established by a »dominant view« (of whatever kind). With Claudia Holzinger, Leon Höllhumer, Kai Kuss, Xenia Lesniewski, Daniel Rajcsanyi, Sophia Süßmilch and Sarah Tasha, contemporary artists have been invited who use their respective artistic practices as a strategic means of symbolic and explicit self-assertion and in this way resolutely oppose the patriarchal reason that still comes to us today from the Enlightenment with its trail of suffering of the excluded, the split off, the marginalized, the destroyed and the repressed.
7 pm Introduction
followed by a performance by Sarah Tasha
Lilian Birnbaum, Heidi Harsieber
With photo series by Lillian Birnbaum and Heidi Harsieber, the FOTOHOF>STUDIO presents collaborations that these two artists created in the 1980s with fellow artists who were active in the field of Actionism. In line with the concept of the FOTOHOF>ARCHIVE, we have worked with the two photographers to republish early projects, which are now difficult to access, as part of the archive and in some cases reworked them in order to make them available again for the art discourse.
Exhibition run: 09.08 – 28.09.24