Curated by Adam Budak

Exhibition design: Jiri Prihoda
Project Manager: Jan Vitek 

http://www.ngprague.cz/en/exposition-detail/moving-image-department-8-maria-lassnig/

My Animation Is an Artform.
Maria Lassnig, a Filmmaker.
featuring Lukáš Karbus

Coinciding with the retrospective of the prolific oeuvre of Austrian artist Maria Lassnig (1919-2014) on the 1st floor of the Trade Fair Palace, chapter 8th of the Moving Image Department presents Lassnig as an experimental filmmaker. In the 1970s, film became a significant part of her artistic practice which had been focused mainly on painting. Considered the grande dame of Austrian animation film, Lassnig studied animation at the New York School of Visual Arts during her stay in New York (1968-1980) which she would characterize as one of the most vital chapters in her life and career. As a member of the Women/Artists/Filmmakers, Inc., the feminist avant-garde group which she co-founded in 1974 together with Martha Edelheit, Doris Chase, Carolee Schneemann, Rosalind Schneider, Silvianna Goldsmith, Nancy Kendall, Susan Brockman, Alida Walsh and Olga Spiegel, Lassnig made a number of animated films between 1970 and 1976 that contain autobiographical elements, dealing with women’s role in society and the increasing intrusion of technology in our lives, in a playful way.

National Gallery in Prague - Trade Fair Palace (Veletržní palác)