Gender topic

In out-of-print photo volume 'Matriarchs', Austrian photographer Maria HAAS focuses on the investigation of cultures in which women have a special status. She opens these cultures to the viewer and captures their beauty and vitality in sensitive portraits

In this photo volume, 'Bonkers! A Fortnight in London' by Bettina RHEIMS, the German fashion and advertising photographer indulges in the wild eccentricities of the British capital - a dim, surreal world of female self-expression and eroticism.

Here, the work by Francesca WOODMAN is read for the first time in the context of the photographic 'Tableaux Vivant'. She used her body as a medium & as an actor and devoted herself to two with femininity associated genres: female nude and 'living image'.

In the volume 'Mujercitos' Susan Vargas analyses photographs of men dressed as women published in the Mexican newspaper ¡Alarma! between 1963 and 1986. It shows how these images extensively influenced a national imaginary of non-normative sexualities.

In 'Mail Order', the female universe of Marianna ROTHEN is supplemented for the first time with men, but as mannequins that are outfitted by the protagonist. By reversing the power dynamics, the depth of role expectations between woman and man is revealed

2nd printrun (pink cover)! Sewn pamphlet binded Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 26 x 1 cm., 72 pp., 41 color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 175 copies

Catalog volume for the exhibition in Stockholm. The American photographer Francesca WOODMAN created a corpus of fascinating photo works a few intensive years before her early death. Her photographs deal with gender, representation, sexuality and body.

The shots in the book 'Snow and Rose & other Tales' by Marianna ROTHEN are staged, reminiscent of Antonioni, Bergman or Godard films, and invite you to look for allusions. Slowly a story unfolds, from despair to a domestic life to freedom and independence

In 'The Hero Mother', Peter PUKLUS deconstructs and questions the dynamics of established female and male roles. His exploration breaks down the traditional symbols associated with maternal and paternal figures in a way that is both playful and critical.

Catalog of the factory show in UK. 'Linderism' opens up new perspectives on the artist's work. The essays deal with the early photomontages and more recent developments in her work, in which a focus on spirituality, the occult and the surreal can be seen.

SIGNED! Twelve issues of the '12 Months of Winter' series are planned in a 12-month rotation. Danish photographer Jacob Aue SOBOL started the series of winter projects with the January title 'Oasis and Axel'. 'Marcella' is the second volume in the series.

The book 'Vivian Maier und der gespiegelte Blick' (V.M.and the Mirrored Gaze) by Nadja Köffler, approaches the images in an analytic way and, as a counter-response to the media mystification, searches for the feminist tenor and artistic self-understanding

'Gender Studies', by German photographer Bettina RHEIMS, was published against the background of then (2014) current controversial debates about gender theory. The models show remarkable courage by questioning, changing and celebrating their identities.

This version of the photographic volume 'The Other Side' by Nan GOLDIN is an expanded and updated version of her landmark book first published in 1993. The new edition appears at a time when the discourse on gender and sexual orientation is evolving.

In her photo volume 'Shadows in Paradise', Marianna ROTHEN delves into a complex meditation on femininity. In the opaque narrative in the aesthetics of the 1960s, the presence of a gun visually combines with fear and melancholy in carefully staged scenes.

by Patrick Rössler (ed.) Linen bound HC, 17 x 24 cm., 480 pp., richly illustrated, trilingual text: German / English / French

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 31 x 1,5 cm., 144 pp., b/w & color ills., 1,100 gr., text language: English

The book, 'Shanghai' by Bettina RHEIMS, is the result of her search for the spirit of the women of Shanghai. But these staged photographs of women from all walks of life in the old city show a place so fast moving and evolving that her search became moot.

The catalog 'Carrie Mae Weems. Hasselbald Award 2023' honors the award winner with a series of photo works, including 'Family Pictures and Stories' (1978-84), 'The Kitchen Table Series' (1990) and 'From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried' (1995-96).

The out-of-print photo volume, 'Objects of Beauty' features eleven series by Joy GREGORY - exquisite objects that explore the representation of black women. Each series is contextualized by a commentary by the artist. With a short essay by Deborah Willis.