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main hall
1 main hall
2 main hall 3
salette
project room showcases
entrance area
Barbara
Doser
Three
Graces, grazie
tante,
2018
Video
projection,
265 x 200 cm
Abstract light
patterns
interact with
three female
bodies that
continuously
veil and
unveil
themselves.
These light
patterns not
only appear to
wrap around
the bodies,
but the bodies
also absorb
them.
The Three
Graces, a
motif that has
been known
since ancient
times,
symbolize
feminine
ideals such as
grace, charm,
beauty, joy,
and
cheerfulness.
Unlike
biological sex
characteristics,
these
socio-cultural
gender traits
(visualized as
light
patterns) are
transmitted
and learned
through
socialization
to serve
stereotypes of
the bipolar
gender system
of a
patriarchally
dominated
society.
Barbara
Doser
Gender
Patterns, 2021
Acrylic
prints on canvas, 100 x
75 cm
Bodies are
written on with a mesh made
of light. These are not
ethnic body modifications as
a central aspect of cultural
identity. They are
irreversible, inward
penetrating patterns of
socio-cultural origin.
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