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Works shown at Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf were recently presented in the artist’s solo show „COVER WORKS (New Works)“ in Oldenburger Kunstverein. These works have a different focal point. Silke Wagner has chosen artworks of eleven 20th century female artists and converted them into new forms. Such an aesthetical dialog can be understood as homage to the great female protagonists of the art history. By “covering” works of Eva Hesse, Meret Oppenheim, Georgia O‘Keeffe, Barbara Hepworth, Sonia Delaunay a.o., she reactivates their artistic positions and at the same time she emphasizes their pioneering role within the artistic discourse. |
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“The conceptual strategy of adoption also questions the originality and authenticity of artworks in general.”
Silke Wagner, Elaine Sturtevant, 2010, 87 cm x 70 cm, Siebdruck auf Papier, Unlimitiert. Courtesy of Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf.
Silke Wagner
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf
Works shown at Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf were recently presented in the artist’s solo show „COVER WORKS (New Works)“ in Oldenburger Kunstverein. These works have a different focal point. Silke Wagner has chosen artworks of eleven 20th century female artists and converted them into new forms. Such an aesthetical dialog can be understood as homage to the great female protagonists of the art history. By “covering” works of Eva Hesse, Meret Oppenheim, Georgia O‘Keeffe, Barbara Hepworth, Sonia Delaunay a.o., she reactivates their artistic positions and at the same time she emphasizes their pioneering role within the artistic discourse.
The conceptual strategy of adoption also questions the originality and authenticity of artworks in general. Wagner’s work “Elaine Sturtevant”, 2010 strongly relates to this idea. This work reinterprets the work “Duchamp Wanted”, 1969 by Sturtevant who has turned a wanted poster created by Duchamp to one of her own person. Wagner continues that appropriation by replacing her portrait and her name on the poster.
As in the field of music the term “covering” in this context does not mean a deprivation of intellectual property. Moreover this tactic is understood as a transformation of ideas into new context and the artworks of Wagner advocate democratic and free dialog with the original.
