Body Pose II (yellow) special offer Margareta Sandhofer

Margareta Sandhofer

Antonella Cattani Contemporary Art

very sensitively

Vienna Text Rainer Fuchs Language

Text Bettina M

Body Pose II (yellow) special offer Margareta SandhoferAt the beginning of the discovery of the self portrait, Arnulf Rainer presented his face painted with bold black lines to the public in 1967. Initially as an extension of the canvas, automaton photos become another major theme of his work in 1968 and 1969. Face Farces is the title he gives to these soliloquies in front of the camera, which are soon taken not only in photo booths but mainly by the photographer Alexander Prinzjakowitsch. The need to