‘Gender Check’ is the first comprehensive exhibition featuring art from Eastern Europe since the 1960s based on the theme of gender roles. 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the curator Bojana Pejić, along with a team of experts from 24 different countries, has put together a selection of over 400 works including paintings, sculpture, installations, photography, posters, films and videos. With over 200 artists, the exhibition paints an exceptionally diverse picture of a chapter in art history that until recently had been largely unknown and that could also act as an important addition to contemporary gender discourse.
‘Gender Check’ follows the changes in the representation of male and female role models in art – especially as they develop under different socio-political conditions. The exhibition, initiated and supported by the ERSTE Foundation, shows the interrelationship between art and history following both a chronological and thematic approach.
Curator Bojana Pejić
Perioada expozitiei: 13.11.2009-14.2.2010
01 
Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe (Russland / Russia)
Monroe, 1996
Courtesy XL Gallery, Moscow
© Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe
02 
Katarzyna Kozyra (Polen / Poland)
Olympia / Olimpia, 1996
3 Fotos, Video am Monitor / 3 photos, video on monitor
National Museum in Krakow
©Katarzyna Kozyra
03 
Boris Mikhailov (Ukraine)
Photo from the series Suzi et cetera, 1960s
© VBK Wien, 2009
04 
Eva Filova (Slovakei / Slovakia)
Without Difference, 2001
Milch Tetrapack / Milk tetra pack
3 Objekte 16,5 x 9,5 x 6 cm
© Eva Filova
06 
Wojciech Fangor (Polen / Poland)
Figures / Postaci, 1950
Öl auf Leinwand / Oil on canvas
100 x 125 cm
Muzeum Sztuki/Museum of Art in Lodz
Courtesy of Museum of Art in Lodz
© Wojcieh Fangor
08 
Marina Abramović (Serbien / Serbia)
Art must be beautiful, artist must be beautiful, 1975
Videoperformance / Video performance
14:14 min
© Marina Abramović
16 
Tanja Ostojić (Serbia)
Looking for a Husband with EU passport / Suche nach einem Ehemann mit EU Pass
2000-2005
Participatory web project / Combined media installation / Onlineprojekt / Verschiedene Materialien Installation
Courtesy of the artist
© Tanja Ostojić
26 
Rovena Agolli (Albania)
In All My Dreams, it Never is Quite as it Seems / In all meinen Träumen ist es niemals so wie es scheint, 2002
Digital print / Digitaldruck
80 x 60 cm
© Rovena Agolli
27 
Izabella Gustowska (Poland / Polen)
Ofiara I – z cyklu: Względne cechy podobieństwa / Sacrifice I – from the cycle Relative Similarities /
Opfer I – aus dem Zyklus Relative Ähnlichkeiten), 1989-1990
Mixed technic on canvas (photograph, oil) / Mixtechnik auf Leinwand (Fotografie, Öl)
223 x 166 x 12 cm
Courtesy Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu
© Izabella Gustowska
28 
Petra Varl (Slovenia / Slovenien)
Zvezda and Odeon
Wallpainting / Wandmalerei
205 x 137cm
© Petra Varl
29 
Alla Georgieva (Bulgaria / Bulgarien)
Alla’s Secret. Collection 2000 – I, II, III / Alla’s Geheimnis. Sammlung 2000-I, II, III, 2000
Ink Jet print on paper, mounted on aluminium /
Tintenstrahldruck auf Papier, aufgezogen auf Aluminium
130 x 120 cm
Courtesy of the artist
© Alla Georgieva
30 
Galina Petrova (Lithuania / Litauen)
Women, Cleaning Fish / Frauen, Fische waschend, 1969
Synthetic tempera on canvas / Synthetische Tempera auf Leinwand
150 x 140 cm
Courtesy Lithuanian Art Museum
© Galina Petrova
31 
Michails Korneckis (Latvia / Lettland)
Saturieties, meitenes / Let’s go Girls / Mädchen, packen wir es an, 1959
Oil on canvas / Öl auf Leinwand
190 x 160,7 cm
Courtesy Latvian National Museum of Art
© Normundus Braslins
32 
Kriszta Nagy (Hungary / Ungarn)
200.000 Ft, I – VI. / 200.000 Ft, I – VI., 1997
Digital print / Digitalprint
80 x 50 cm
Edition 3 / 3
Courtesy Collection of Zsolt Somlói and Spengler Katalin, Budapest
© Kriszta Nagy
33 
Veronika Bromová (Czech Republic / Tschechien)
Girls too / Mädchen auch, 1994
Digitally altered Color Duratrans, in Light box / Farb Duratrans Print
90 x 120 cm
© Veronika Bromová
35 
Gender Check– Rollenbilder in der Kunst Osteuropas
MUMOK Ausstellungsansicht / Exhibition view Foto: MUMOK © MUMOK
36 
Gender Check– Rollenbilder in der Kunst Osteuropas
MUMOK Ausstellungsansicht / Exhibition view Foto: MUMOK © MUMOK
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