Lorenza Böttner (1959–1994) was an artist who held an acute, embodied relationship with transformation. She transformed a painting practice into a performance art that took to the streets and made public space a stage for a politicized bodily difference. In part, her practice is aligned with the tradition of mouth-and-foot artists who make a living from painting in public. Yet, she also subverted this tradition through her themes and a conceptual language that cut through and spoke to political and sexual issues.
January 25–March 21, 2020
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Curated by Paul B. Preciado
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Presented in collaboration with Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart and La Virreina Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona
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University of Toronto Art Centre
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La trayectoria de Lorenza Böttner (Punta Arenas, Chile, 1959 – Múnich, Alemania, 1994) representa una de las críticas más agudas a los procesos de discapacitación, desexualización, internamiento e invisibilización a los que son sometidos los cuerpos con diversidad funcional y los cuerpos transgénero. Mediante la fotografía, la pintura y el performance, la obra de esta artista que pintaba con los pies y la boca constituye un himno a la disidencia corporal y de género.
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