Attached is an invitation to Rückenfigur, my upcoming solo show at Queenscliff Gallery.
The representation of the feminine personae has long been a subject of art history. The female visage has featured in various depictions in this history – obscured, averted, deformed, glorified, domesticised, dehumanised. In her latest exhibition, artist Deborah Klein builds on this artistic canon of the feminine, offering us the idea of Rückenfigur – "the figure seen from behind.”
Weaving together sewing iconography derived primarily from handmade doilies inherited from her late Aunt Eileen, and motifs of knots and braids, Klein stitches together a story that is as complex as the knots that she depicts; a story of the perpetual outsider where our current state of disconnection – from ourselves, each other and the natural world – is rendered palpable.
- Queenscliff Gallery
The Opening Event is on Sunday June 26 from 2 - 4 pm. I do hope you can join us.
Rückenfigur runs from Jun 23 – Jul 10, 2022.
Gallery hours: 10 am - 4 pm. Closed Tuesdays.
P 03 4202 0942 | A 81 Hesse Street Queenscliff VIC 3225