CLAUDE CAHUN
I just saw Paul over the weekend and he talked about an exhibition titled Strange Events Permit Themselves the Luxury of Occurring which he had seen at CAC (Camden Arts Center) in London. He was particularly interested in having discovered the work of Claude Cahun and wanted to see more. So here goes!
I have researched her life and work over the years since I came to know her photographs through Surrealist exhibitions like Mirror Images at MIT List Visual Arts Centre several years ago. The catalogue is very informative.
She also worked closely with her partner. This work is still very current in terms of representations of identity and sexuality and I think it is a precursor to the work of Francesca Woodman, although she may not actually have known of it, and Cindy Sherman.
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