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Irene Andessner
 
Vorbilder (Role models) # 3 (Gwen John), 1996/1997
Four-color screen print on aluminum,
24 x 19 x 2 cm
Edition of 25 ex., sign./num.
460 Euro

In her working group "Vorbilder" [Role models] Irene Andessner re-worked self-portraits of female painters from four centuries for video and photographic works - interpreted for today. Self-portraits after self-portraits by Sofonisba Anguissola (1552), Angelika Kauffmann (1770-75), Gwen John (1900) and Frida Kahlo (1930), in addition to a self-portrait without role model. The motif of the silk-screen print "Gwen John" shows the reproduction of a Polaroid negative.

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