VALIE EXPORT

born 1940

VALIE EXPORT, ‘Action Pants: Genital Panic’ 1969
Action Pants: Genital Panic 1969
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Biography

Valie Export (often written as 'VALIE EXPORT') (born May 17, 1940 in Linz as Waltraud Lehner, later Waltraud Höllinger) is an Austrian artist. Her artistic work includes video installations, body performances, expanded cinema, computer animations, photography, sculptures and publications covering contemporary arts.

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Artworks

VALIE EXPORT, ‘Action Pants: Genital Panic’ 1969

VALIE EXPORT Action Pants: Genital Panic

1969
On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks P79233
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Identity Transfer 1’ 1968, printed late 1990s

VALIE EXPORT Identity Transfer 1

1968, printed late 1990s
P79178
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Identity Transfer 2’ 1968, printed late 1990s

VALIE EXPORT Identity Transfer 2

1968, printed late 1990s
P79179
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Identity Transfer 3’ 1968, printed late 1990s

VALIE EXPORT Identity Transfer 3

1968, printed late 1990s
P79180

Artist as subject

VALIE EXPORT, ‘Action Pants: Genital Panic’ 1969

VALIE EXPORT Action Pants: Genital Panic

1969
On display at Tate Modern part of Media Networks P79233
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Identity Transfer 1’ 1968, printed late 1990s

VALIE EXPORT Identity Transfer 1

1968, printed late 1990s
P79178
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Identity Transfer 2’ 1968, printed late 1990s

VALIE EXPORT Identity Transfer 2

1968, printed late 1990s
P79179
VALIE EXPORT, ‘Identity Transfer 3’ 1968, printed late 1990s

VALIE EXPORT Identity Transfer 3

1968, printed late 1990s
P79180

Film and audio

Unlock Art: Frank Skinner on Performance Art video
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Unlock Art: Frank Skinner on performance art

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Features

Malcolm Le Grice, Horror Film 1 (1971)
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Experimental fields of light and shadow: Light projections in The Tanks

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