The distinctive characteristic of Annegret Soltau’s work is the use of her own person in photo-collages and performances for a reflection on identity and on the idea of the self. A recurring element in her works is black thread, used both in performances and in her photo overstitchings, recomposed mosaics of the body and of exterior physicalness that become a metaphor for the interiorness and existential condition of the human being.
Performative actions and happenings, like Körper – Zeichnung 9.1.1976 (Body – Drawing, Jan. 9th, 1976) and Permanente Demonstration am 19.1.1976 (Permanent Demonstration on Jan. 19th, 1976), find the artist tying herself or other people with thin black threads, creating new connections, but also impeding all freedom of movement, literally “drawing” on their skin. In the series Selbst (Self, 1975-76), Soltau wraps her own face in black thread, which cuts into the flesh, deforming it, and obscuring her features; the result is then documented photographically. Secondly, she works on the photographic image with a real black silk thread, sewing various connections between the threads represented in the pictures. In a dimension that moves on the thin line between self-determination and apparent selfmutilation, the artist puts into effect a reflection on the idea of self-representation, with a strongly analytical approach in the firm aesthetic control of the image.
A reflection on a sense of inhibition and constriction of movement is also present in the photographic series da-gegen-gehen (going against, 1977-84), in which the artist portrays herself in the act of forcefully pressing her body against a wall. The twelve photographs of the series start with a monochromatic white, the detail of the wall, to then show us the artist’s body from close-up to full length, finally ending with a monochromatic black. Soltau uses a needle to scratch the photographic film, removing the chemical emulsion of the negative and creating a material void, an allegory of the human condition in which the act of “going against” is destined to failure.
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The distinctive characteristic of Annegret Soltau’s work is the use of her own person in photo-collages and performances for a reflection on identity and on the idea of the self. A recurring element in her works is black thread, used both in performances and in her photo overstitchings, recomposed mosaics of the body and of exterior physicalness that become a metaphor for the interiorness and existential condition of the human being.Performative actions and happenings, like Körper – Zeichnung 9.1.1976 (Body – Drawing, Jan. 9th, 1976) and Permanente Demonstration am 19.1.1976 (Permanent Demonstration on Jan. 19th, 1976), find the artist tying herself or other people with thin black threads, creating new connections, but also impeding all freedom of movement, literally “drawing” on their skin. In the series Selbst (Self, 1975-76), Soltau wraps her own face in black thread, which cuts into the flesh, deforming it, and obscuring her features; the result is then documented photographically. Secondly, she works on the photographic image with a real black silk thread, sewing various connections between the threads represented in the pictures. In a dimension that moves on the thin line between self-determination and apparent selfmutilation, the artist puts into effect a reflection on the idea of self-representation, with a strongly analytical approach in the firm aesthetic control of the image.A reflection on a sense of inhibition and constriction of movement is also present in the photographic series da-gegen-gehen (going against, 1977-84), in which the artist portrays herself in the act of forcefully pressing her body against a wall. The twelve photographs of the series start with a monochromatic white, the detail of the wall, to then show us the artist’s body from close-up to full length, finally ending with a monochromatic black. Soltau uses a needle to scratch the photographic film, removing the chemical emulsion of the negative and creating a material void, an allegory of the human condition in which the act of “going against” is destined to failure.- See more at: http://www.strozzina.org/en/artists/annegret-soltau/#sthash.A4LJHX2G.dpuf
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