No more bad girls?

Kunsthalle Exnergasse ViennaMay 07 - June 11, 2010-Opening: Thursday May 06 2010, 7:00pm











Artists: Arahmaiani (Indonesia), Patty Chang (USA), Nezaket Ekici (Turkey), Judith Fegerl (Austria), Regina José Galindo (Guatemala), Chitra Ganesh (India), Mathilde ter Heijne (Netherlands), Maryam Jafri (Pakistan/USA/Denmark), Agnes Janich (Poland), Nadia Khawaja (Pakistan), Elena Kovylina (Russia), Nomusa Makhubu (South Africa), Elodie Pong (Switzerland), Larissa Sansour (Palestine/Denmark/United Kingdom), Ene-Liis Semper (Estonia), Andrea Sunder-Plassmann (Germany), Newsha Tavakolian (Iran).
Curators: Kathrin Becker and Claudia Marion Stemberger





The question No more bad girls? opens up perspectives on contemporary female artists who no longer exclusively reflect on gender binarisms, rather at the same time also reveal multiple identity categories, such as life situations of migrants, sexual orientation, religious affiliation or ethnic origin. With a critical awareness of a hegemonic, white, canonic feminism the exhibition uncovers complex dimensions of a deconstruction of culturally-informed stereotypes of femininity, which refer to heterogeneous spatial contexts without suggesting chronological stages of development.

Framework Programme:
May 8, 2010, 2:00pm: Panel discussion with Edith Futscher
June 10, 2010, 07:00pm: Panel discussion with Nora Sternfeld

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue, edited by Claudia Marion Stemberger and Kathrin Becker: 84 pages, contextual essays (English and German), numerous colour images. ISBN 978-3-200-01861-7

Distribution and Contact:
www.k-becker.net
www.artandtheory.net



Video still: Patty Chang, Melons (At a Loss), 1998

Support:
Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture
Wien Kultur. Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien
Royal Netherlands Embassy in Vienna
The Danish Arts Council´s International Visual Arts Committee
Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
Kultur Kontakt Austria
Austrian Embassy Pretoria
Polish Institute Vienna

Special Thanks to:
transculture. translating for art, Vienna
Aaran Gallery Tehran
FREYMOND-GUTH & Co. Fine Arts, Zurich
ARRATIA, BEER, Berlin
Parotta Contemporary Art Stuttgart, Berlin
Fotogalerie Wien
REMAprint, Vienna
Uniqa art insurance, Vienna
Förderprogramm Kuratorenreisen (Kathrin Becker), Goethe Institute, Munich
Viennafair VIP Programme, Vienna
VISP Ges.m.b.H, Grafenwörth

Location:
Kunsthalle Exnergasse
Währinger Straße 59
1090 Vienna / Austria
www.kunsthalleexnergasse.wuk.at

Opening Hours: Tue-Fri: 1:00pm - 6:00pm, Sat: 11:00am- 2:00pm