Gretta Sarfaty

Since the early 1970s, Gretta Sarfaty has been questioning and undermining stereotypical representations of women.

Her work is born from an investigative practice of photographic self-portraiture and performance that critiques the technological reproduction of the female image.

We are presenting a group of historical paintings and photographs from one of the artist’s most important series - A Woman’s Diary (1976-1977). While in the Transformations series (1974-1977) she focuses on distorting her facial features, here she lets her body form almost abstract signs, organized in sequence. Sarfaty deconstructed her body parts, transforming and editing them by transfer and repetition.

Chris Kauffmann

Through painting and collages, Chris Kauffmann (b. 1999, lives in Paris) provides space for a modest figure (often represented in self-portrait form) whose hidden talents and abilities can finally shine. The naively edited or vulnerably painted bodies evoke a sense of importance, combined with the awkward and shy way these portraits are viewed. Kauffmann’s playful game of revealing and hiding behind non-functional objects, the painting gesture, and chosen characters further emphasises the complexity and fluidity of the notion of persona in contemporary society.