Room for One’s Own / Part I

Helene Appel / Candida Höfer / Leiko Ikemura / Goshka Macuga / Judy Rifka / Kiki Smith / Susan Weil / Marthe Wéry

The exhibition is based on the narrative of the well-known novel by Virginia Woolf, which became a standard read of the women’s movement in the 1970s. As a young woman, Virginia Woolf was subjected to the conditions of Victorian society, which provided only a very very narrow sphere of activity and development for women. Even today, her novel is particularly relevant, opening up a universal discussion about the need for a space for creation, for stillness and, of course, for art. In our group exhibition, we present the work of a variety of outstanding women artists who approach their work in relation to science, history and literature, shaping the course of art history.
“Nevertheless, I believe that this poetess, who never wrote a word and was buried at a crossroad, is still alive. (…) She lives in you, in me and in many other women who are not here today. Yes, she lives. For true women poets do not die.” – Virginia Woolf. A Room of One’s Own. 1929
For the opening the 2G rule applies (proof of vaccination or recovery).

Goshka Macuga
Aby Warburg on Madness and Ritual,
set for Scene 2, 2014
Tapisserie / Tapestry
270 × 366 cm
Edition of 5
© Goshka Macuga, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021