
2020 Magazin kunst:art
Aus dem Artikel Starke Frauen 2020
autor: Julia Behrens
Durch das Medium Fotografie werden die mit Verve und Witz vollführten Körper Performances der Künstlerin Grit Reiss transportiert. Nichts ist, wie es scheint in diesen wunderbar skurrilen Arbeiten, mit denen die Mainzerin anatomische und räumliche Verhältnisse auf den Kopf stellt.



In my photographic performances, I use my body to express what moves me inside. The two works were created at the beginning of 2022, immediately after the end of the pandemic, when the next crisis was already looming. With the invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine, a war began that, despite its geographical distance, had a direct impact on us and continues to this day. The work Denkerin (Thinker) refers to Auguste Rodin’s famous sculpture “The Thinker.” Anderswo (Elsewhere) addresses an image that was posted on Instagram at the same time. It depicted Ukrainian female soldiers holding their steel helmets under their chests—a gesture indicating that the decision to fight was made with conviction and heart.








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