Museum Ludwig. Kunst 20./21. Jahrhundert, Sammlung Malerei, Skulptur, Neue Medien

Explanations for this object

Sanja Iveković frequently works with the media of photography, video, and performance. In the 1970s she was one of the first female artists of Yugoslavia who assumed a feminist stance and dealt critically with the political circumstances in her homeland. In four photographs she documented her performance Triangle. She juxtaposes a public parade honoring the Yugoslavian president Tito with the private space of her balcony. During her performance she provoked surveillance agents atop a neighboring high-rise building by drinking alcohol and pretending to masturbate, for which she was ordered to "clear the balcony of people and objects." In her series of photographs Sweet Life, Ivekovic examines the portrayal of women in the media. She combines pictures from the tabloid press that show the lives of the beautiful and the rich with personal photographs of herself. This shows how the norms and values presented by the media are taken up by women and result in social codes of behavior.