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Renate BERTLMANN Austrian, b. 1943
Uber Die Mauer [Over The Wall], 1973
Mixed media on board
100 x 90 cm
One of Bertlmann’s first paintings illustrating her preoccupation with the imagery of worms. Bertlmann’s interest in gender and sexual difference is manifested in the worms who took on a special...
One of Bertlmann’s first paintings illustrating her preoccupation with the imagery of worms. Bertlmann’s interest in gender and sexual difference is manifested in the worms who took on a special significance in her early practice. Being hermaphrodites, worms have both the male and female reproductive organs.
In Uber die Mauer, Bertlmann depicts the worm struggling to get over a wall: the dividing line between the male / female; normal / abnormal.
In Uber die Mauer, Bertlmann depicts the worm struggling to get over a wall: the dividing line between the male / female; normal / abnormal.
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