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Birgit Jürgenssen

1949—2003

Mattress Shoes 1973
Courtesy Alison Jacques, London and Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, © Estate of Birgit Jürgenssen, Vienna
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Biography

Birgit Jürgenssen (1949 – 2003) was an Austrian photographer, painter, graphic artist, curator and teacher who specialized in feminine body art with self-portraits and photo series, which have revealed a sequence of events related to the daily social life of a woman in its various forms including an atmosphere of shocking fear and common prejudices. She was acclaimed as one of the "outstanding international representatives of the feminist avant-garde". She lived in Vienna. Apart from holding solo exhibitions of her photographic and other art works, she also taught at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

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  • Ohne Titel (Selbst mit Fellchen)

    Birgit Jürgenssen
    1974, printed 2011
  • Jeder hat seine eigene Ansicht / Everyone Has His Own Point of View

    Birgit Jürgenssen
    1975, printed 2006
  • Nest

    Birgit Jürgenssen
    1979, printed 2011
  • Mattress Shoes

    Birgit Jürgenssen
    1973
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