Valie Export - Icon and Rebel

Valie Export - Icon and Rebel (2015)

5.0 52 min Movie
Documentary

She is the godmother of performance art. With her shocking public actions she created in the late 60s images that have burned into the general visual memory until today. The life and work of the Austrian artist Valie Export exemplify a development in art history in which women sought and found new ways and means of expression. Her work provides a feminist counterpart to the Viennese actionism of her time, which has influenced numerous artists of subsequent generations. The innovative diversity of her artistic approaches makes Valie Export an icon of 20th century art history.

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Cast

Valie Export Valie Export Herself
Marina Abramović Marina Abramović Herself
Carolee Schneemann Carolee Schneemann Herself
Kiki Smith Kiki Smith Herself
Ingrid Wiener Ingrid Wiener Herself
Oswald Wiener Oswald Wiener Himself
Elfriede Jelinek Elfriede Jelinek
Sami Loris Sami Loris Narrator
Elfriede Jelinek Elfriede Jelinek Reader
Maren Kroymann Maren Kroymann

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