The Richard Saltoun gallery in London opens its first solo show of Annegret Soltau (Lunenburgo, Germany, 1946), an artist part of the Body Art movement and the Feminist thinking.
Spider is a partial reconstruction of the historical exhibition showcased at the Galerie Karin Friebe of darmstadt in 1978, containing her most historical and emblematic works: such as large-scale photographic engravings, wire installations, stitched photographs and Spider drawings.
The most famous are her Wrapping Actions: the artist wraps herself and other volunteers in black thread until distorting the connotations and touching the limit between humanity and monstrosity. His “Aracne’s canvas”, we could say, become a way to face the themes of fragility, limitation, identity and transformation.
- Exhibition:
- Spider
- Artist:
- Annagret Soltau
- Where:
- Richard Saltoun
- Opening dates:
- 21 february - 2 April 2020
- Address:
- 41 Dover St, Mayfair, London W1S 4NS, Londra