Amazons of Pop! Künstlerinnen, Superheldinnen, Ikonen 1961-1973

"From 2 October 2021 to 6 March 2022, the Kunsthalle zu Kiel will be showing the female side of Pop Art very extensively with around 40 female artists from Europe and North America. On display are around 100 works of painting, installation, performance, sculpture and film. (...)

The exhibition was conceived by Hélène Guenin, director of the MAMAC Nice, and the independent author and curator Géraldine Gourbe, and can now be seen in an adapted version at the Kunsthalle zu Kiel. From there it travels on to the Kunsthaus Graz.

Artists and other protagonists:
Evelyne Axell, Barbarella, Brigitte Bardot, Marion Baruch, Pauline Boty, Martine Canneel, Lourdes Castro, Judy Chicago, Chryssa, France Cristini, Christa Dichgans, Jane Fonda, Ruth Francken, Ángela García, Jann Haworth, Dorothy Iannone, Jodelle, Corita Kent, Kiki Kogelnik, Kay Kurt, Nicola L., Ketty La Rocca, Milvia Maglione, Lucia Marcucci, Marie Menken, Marilyn Monroe, Isabel Oliver, Yoko Ono, Ulrike Ottinger, Emma Peel, Pravda La Survireuse, Martha Rosler, Niki de Saint Phalle, Carolee Schneemann, Marjorie Strider, Sturtevant, Valentina Tereshkova, May Wilson

Curators:
Hélène Guenin, Géraldine Gourbe (MAMAC) in collaboration with
Regina Göckede, Anette Hüsch (Kunsthalle zu Kiel),
Katrin Bucher Trantow, Barbara Steiner (Kunsthaus Graz)
Kunsthalle zu Kiel: 2 October 2021 to 6 March 2022
Kunsthaus Graz: 22 April to 28 August 2022
The exhibition was first shown at MAMAC Nice under the title
She-Bam Pow Pop Wizz! Les Amazones du Pop."

(Excerpt from press kit)

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