Womankind – August 2019

122

LOUISIANA MUSEUM

OF MODERN ART

Humlebæk, Copenhagen,

Denmark

Birgit Jürgenssen

Until 22 September 2019

WHAT’S ON 122

What’s on

ALTE NATIONALGALERIE

Berlin

Fighting for Visibility:

Women Artists in the

Nationalgalerie Before

1919

11 October 2019 - 8 March 2020

NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA

Melbourne, Australia

Designing Women

Until 29 September 2019

Spanning nearly 40 years, from 1980

to 2018, Designing Women highlights

the ongoing role of female designers

as a dynamic force in shaping con-

temporary design culture. From fash-

ion design, contemporary jewellery,

and product design, to architecture

and digital innovation, Designing

Women draws from the NGV Collec-

tion to showcase over 50 significant

NATIONAL GALLERY OF DENMARK (SMK)

Copenhagen, Denmark

Anna Ancher

8 February 2020 - 24 May 2020

SMK presents the largest ever ret-

rospective exhibition about Danish

painter Anna Ancher. Thematically,

Ancher’s paintings were influenced

works of design - across diverse cre-

ative fields - all united by their fe-

male authorship. Showcasing design-

ers Zaha Hadid, Neri Oxman, Elliat

Rich and Helen Kontouris, Designing

Women highlights the opportunity

for women to shape the future, in a

world increasingly defined by design.

Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie is bal-

ancing art history’s gender gap with

a show timed to the 100-year anni-

versary of the first female students

admitted to the Kunstakademie art

school. Artists on view include Sa-

bine Lepsius, Maria Slavona, Caro-

line Bardua, sculptor Elisabet Ney,

and many lesser-known figures whose

work will be displayed at the museum

for the first time.

by a lifelong connection to the light

and geography of Skagen. Together

with her husband Michael Ancher

and Theodor Philipsen, Anna An-

cher is regarded as one of the most

accomplished impressionist painters

in Danish art history.

Louisiana presents the first exhibi-

tion in Scandinavia with Austrian

avant-garde artist Birgit Jürgenssen.

Playing with different identities and

the deconstruction of the patriarchal

world order became major features

of Jürgenssen’s work. In drawings

and photography, Jürgenssen’s pre-

ferred media, she delved into the role

of woman in society. In one of her

best-known photographic works we

see Jürgenssen through a glass door

dressed as housewife with her face

pressed against the door, upon which

is written “Ich möchte hier raus!” - “I

want out of here!” - out of the home,

that is. In a drawing from the same

time the housewife is depicted literal-

ly as a wild lion in a cage. Jürgenssen’s

works are not only a war-cry against

the structural oppression of women;

at the same time, they present the

possibility that a woman (or man)

can break out of a role and don the

mask or identity she or he wants for

her/himself.

LOUISIANAMUSEUM

OFMODERNART

Humlebæk,Copenhagen,

Denmark

BirgitJürgenssen

Until 22 September 2019

WHAT’S ON 122

What’s on

ALTE NATIONALGALERIE

Berlin

Fighting for Visibility:

Women Artists in the

Nationalgalerie Before

1919

11 October 2019 - 8 March 2020

NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA

Melbourne, Australia

Designing Women

Until 29 September 2019

Spanning nearly 40 years, from 1980
to 2018, Designing Women highlights
the ongoing role of female designers
as a dynamic force in shaping con-
temporary design culture. From fash-
ion design, contemporary jewellery,
and product design, to architecture
and digital innovation, Designing
Women draws from the NGV Collec-
tion to showcase over 50 significant

NATIONAL GALLERY OF DENMARK (SMK)

Copenhagen, Denmark

Anna Ancher

8 February 2020 - 24 May 2020

SMK presents the largest ever ret-

rospective exhibition about Danish

painter Anna Ancher. Thematically,

Ancher’s paintings were influenced

worksof design- acrossdiversecre-

ative fields - all united bytheir fe-

maleauthorship.Showcasingdesign-

ersZahaHadid,NeriOxman,Elliat

RichandHelenKontouris,Designing

Women highlights the opportunity

forwomentoshapethefuture,ina

worldincreasinglydefinedbydesign.

Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie is bal-

ancing art history’s gender gap with

a show timed to the 100-year anni-

versary of the first female students

admitted to the Kunstakademie art

school. Artists on view include Sa-

bine Lepsius, Maria Slavona, Caro-

line Bardua, sculptor Elisabet Ney,

and many lesser-known figures whose

work will be displayed at the museum

for the first time.

by a lifelong connection to the light

and geography of Skagen. Together

with her husband Michael Ancher

and Theodor Philipsen, Anna An-

cher is regarded as one of the most

accomplished impressionist painters

in Danish art history.

Louisiana presents the first exhibi-

tion in Scandinavia with Austrian

avant-garde artist Birgit Jürgenssen.

Playing with different identities and

the deconstruction of the patriarchal

world order became major features

of Jürgenssen’s work. In drawings

and photography, Jürgenssen’s pre-

ferred media, she delved into the role

of woman in society. In one of her

best-known photographic works we

see Jürgenssen through a glass door

dressed as housewife with her face

pressed against the door, upon which

is written “Ich möchte hier raus!” - “I

want out of here!” - out of the home,

that is. In a drawing from the same

time the housewife is depicted literal-

ly as a wild lion in a cage. Jürgenssen’s

works are not only a war-cry against

the structural oppression of women;

at the same time, they present the

possibility that a woman (or man)

can break out of a role and don the

mask or identity she or he wants for

her/himself.