Sanja Iveković, Personal Cuts, 1982, 3’43”, still from video, colour, sound. Image courtesy of the artist
Sanja Iveković
Unknown Heroine
14 December 2012 – 24 February 2013
at South London Gallery & Calvert 22, London
This timely exhibition brings together Iveković’s pioneering feminist work in collage, film, performance and installation. Tackling issues of female identity, consumerism and historical amnesia, the show features work made across four decades against a background of political unrest. The exhibition highlights the complexity of Iveković’s practice, which lies precisely in exploring the intersections and commonalities across local conditions and global shifts. Works on display address the assault of the media on the individual, and the continued invisibility and erasure of women from the public sphere and from dominant historical narratives. Others address the effects of power and political agendas on public space, irrespective of regime.
The emphasis of the work shown at Calvert 22 is on the transition from socialism to capitalism, and the agency of the individual within changing social systems; whilst at the South London Gallery, the question of female invisibility in the public arena and the artist’s negotiation of identity in relation to media constructs of femininity is foregrounded. [read the full text here]
South London Gallery
65-67 Peckham Road
London SE5 8UH
UK
southlondongallery.org
Opening hours
Tuesday-Sunday: 11h00 – 18h00
Wednesday: 11h00 – 21h00
Calvert 22
22 Calvert Avenue
London E2 7JP
UK
calvert22.org
Opening hours
Wednesday – Sunday: 12h00 – 18h00
Time Out First Thursdays 12h00 – 21h00
open Bank Holiday weekends
Sanja Iveković, New Zagreb (People Behind the Windows), 1979, photomontage: digital print mounted on aluminium, 122 x 167.8 cm. Courtesy of the artist
Sanja Iveković, Instructions No.1, 1976, still from video, black & white, sound, 6’3”. Image courtesy of the artist.
Sanja Iveković, Instructions No.1, 1976, still from video, black & white, sound, 6’3”. Image courtesy of the artist.
Sanja Iveković, Make Up Make Down, 1978, 5’12”, still from video, colour, sound. Image courtesy of the artist.