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Artworks
Annegret SOLTAU German, b. 1946
Ausgeliefert [Vulnerable], 1978Gelatin silver prints with thread overstitched10.5 x 8.5 cmIn works like 'Ausgeliefert [Vulnerable]' (1978), the entire figure is covered, blocked out by thick, black lines. The body is subverted and hidden, literally stitched up and constricted. With echoes...In works like 'Ausgeliefert [Vulnerable]' (1978), the entire figure is covered, blocked out by thick, black lines. The body is
subverted and hidden, literally stitched up and constricted. With echoes of domesticity, Soltau’s use of thread acts as a vehicle to confront issues of the female body and associated stereotypes, freed from the oppressive structures facing women in contemporary society.
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