Smoke, 2020

PhotographerDonja Nasseri, Düsseldorf *1990

Chromogenic color print

Image dimensions30,6 × 20,6 cm

Status

on display, room 039

About the workThere is no feminine form of the word "pharaoh" in the Egyptian language. Accordingly, the Egyptian ruler Hatshepsut appears as an androgynous character in many historical depictions. Donja Nasseri takes the figure as a starting point to explore questions of gender identity that can be transferred to the present day. Using digital and analogue collage techniques, the artist places Hatshepsut in changing environments, takes the figure apart, reassembles it and in this way exposes the constructed nature of notions of masculinity and femininity.

Accession Collection of the Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf in the Kunstpalast

Provenance2021 acquired from the artist via Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf

Inventory numberDL.sp.F.2021.62

Ancient Egypt
Contemporary art

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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