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Birgit Megerle
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Birgit Megerle
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Meike Behm
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By (author) Dirk Von Lowtzow
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By (author) Vanessa Joan Muller
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By (author) Ames Gerould
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:160 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 273,Width 235 |
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| Category/Genre | Individual artists and art monographs |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781934105559
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Sternberg Press
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| Imprint |
Sternberg Press
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| Publication Date |
29 June 2020 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Birgit Megerle's figurative and abstract paintings are characterized by an artificial, rigid, and stage-like atmosphere. The female characters featured in her works are poised with a determination and a readiness to act, and while based in a tradition of representational painting, they are eerily unreal and remote. Despite their contemporary references, the works feel as though they have fallen out of time. Associations with performative events are amplified by Megerle's installations, in which the works are hung not only on the wall, but also laid on the floor or presented as mise en scene. Although the works contain figurative elements, comprehensible narratives do not unfold, with Megerle challenging social constraints and norms without proffering solutions. This exhibition catalogue accompanied Megerle's exhibition at Kunsthalle Lingen in the fall of 2010.
Author Biography
Vanessa Joan Mu ller is Head of Dramaturgy at the Kunsthalle Wien.
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