L’autre moi – a reflection on Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore

L’autre moi – a reflection on Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore

Artist talk \ Dialogue \ Q&A

Tuesday 02.07.19

8:00p.m.

Lothringer13 Halle, Munich

After a double nice Vernissage full of tremolo and transpiration, the gates of the Lothringer13 are now open for the two exhibitions in the Halle and in the Nest.

The framework-program launches today with a special anniversary, looking not just 50 years back to Stonewall but to 100 years Claude Cahun: The successful Danish author Kristina Stoltz devotes herself in her freshly printed book "Cahun" to the phenomenon of the artist pseudonym Claude Cahun in a literary way. In her novel, the artists Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe are the central figures, who as a couple and partners playfully broke up gender roles but even more lived out the role of the doubled individual and the shared identity. 

An evening for the "Early Masters of Twinning" about whom Kristina Stoltz in the exhibition booklet writes: „To speak of Claude Cahun leads us as a matter of course into the thematic field of twinship, for barely has one scraped the surface of Cahun’s art and biography before it becomes clear that what is known to us as Claude Cahun’s experimental self-portrait art involved not one person but two.“ 

Kristina Stoltz has been invited to participate into the exhibition at Lothringer13 Halle and we have the wonderful opportunity to welcome her in Munich.

As a specialist into Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore’s biography and work, she recently published a book, that is written after yearlong research. The novel Cahun is a free interpretation and imagination that leans into the all possible details you can gain in the interesting life of the couple, work relation and sisterhood of Cahun & Moore.

In a close cooperation Kristina Stoltz & Lene Harbo Pedersen selected the most relevant excerpts from the book & photographs for the exhibition. The text excerpts are exclusively translated into English & German and draws upon an observation and strengthen that behind the name ‚Cahun‘ a couple appears, not one but two very special people Lucy Schwob also known as Claude Cahun & Susanne Malherbe with the artist name Marcel Moore. Both with more than one identity, working with multiple genders and during the wartime with multiple voices – and making a very special mark in the history of arts.

The evening will be precious hot hours with Kristina Stoltz talk, a dialogue with the curator and open talk with the audience on twins, twinning and the queer world.

The talk will be held in English

The translation was made possible with a generous support by the Danish Art Foundation.

English by Martin Aitken / German by Peter Urban Halle

https://www.lothringer13.com/veranstaltungen/lautre-moi-a-reflection-on-claude-cahun-marcel-moore/

Displacement of the Self

Displacement of the Self, 2018 

Concrete, wood, acrylic

72x240x28cm

http://haus-n.gr

Peacocks: The Pomp of Power

Peacocks: The Pomp of Power presents a display of artworks and objects from the Nottingham City Museum and Art Galleries fine art, decorative art, lace, costume and textiles, and natural history collection. The selected works are inspired by the beautifully elegant peacocks that grace the grounds of Newstead Abbey, the ancestral home of the Romantic Poet Lord Byron. Byron was both a sartorial peacock and lover and keeper of these extravagant creatures; hence the title of this exhibition has been taken from Don Juan: Canto The Seventh, a poem by the poet and great eccentric.

Peacocks have taken on important roles and various identities in many countries and cultures: their vivid feathers or designs resembling their shape and beauty continue to feature heavily on interior décor, garments, ceramics and accessories.

The Henry the Seventh’s Lodging, situated along the East Gallery from the Charles II Room, is one of the main bedrooms at Newstead and is also known as the Japanese Room. The upper walls are fitted with screens and painted panels that were brought back to Newstead by the Webb sisters, who travelled to the Far East in the 1890s. They depict the beauties of the natural world and date from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.  They are hand-painted on gold leaf with peacocks, cranes, ocean waves, pine trees and cherry blossom.

The peacock and its colours are synonymous with Indian identity and in 1963 the peacock was declared the National Bird of India because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions. The bird is indigenous to India and Sri Lanka, but now features in countries all over the world and is as much a part of the country-house tableau as fountains and parterres. Taken from its homeland by traders thousands of years ago, the Indian peacock eventually reached England, where it became something of a country house status symbol. A number of vibrant and detailed Indian textile items are included in Peacocks: The Pomp of Power along with a beautiful wooden plate with a copper inlay and a ceremonial sword.

In Russian folklore the peacock carries a lot of meanings, it symbolises the spring and the sun along with its many attributes such as warmth, light and power. In the 11th century, the peacock motif appeared in Russian embroidery, and is thought to have come from Byzantium art to Russia, along with Christianity. Different regions developed their own depictions of peacocks and some of these stylized peacock designs can be seen within this exhibition, used by embroiderers on a number of 19th century linen bobbin lace borders.

The exhibition is open alongside a display of Japanese Woodblock prints from the Nottingham City Museums and Galleries collections in the Charles II Room.

http://www.newsteadabbey.org.uk/50662-2 

Identities and Sub-Modernity Tropes and Psychic Apparatus in Contemporary Greek Culture

Text by Yorgos Tzirtzilakis

https://www.academia.edu/35068551/Identities_and_Sub-Modernity_Tropes_and_Psychic_Apparatus_in_Contemporary_Greek_Culture
 

Turmoil of the Blue

Turmoil of the Blue, 2017

Iron, wool fabric

133 x 157 x 155 cm