Katharina Sieverding

Artists

Katharina Sieverding

Press release

Katharina Sieverding (CZ/DE, b. 1941) participated in Women’s Exhibition XX at Charlottenborg in 1975 and, alongside Marina Abramović and Inge Mahn, was one of the major international figures of the time. Although Sieverding is a highly significant artist who has played a decisive role in feminist art history, she has only rarely been exhibited in Denmark. Her “selfie” photographs and her continuation of pop art appear strikingly sharp and relevant today.

At Gammel Strand, the spectacular video work Life–Death (1969) is presented. The film is marked by an experimental approach: it was recorded without a script and features music by the cult band Kraftwerk. Just as the title links life and death with a hyphen, the work celebrates oppositions and fluid transitions – between night and day, between genders, and between life and death.