"Since the 1960s, she was driven by a fierce conviction that art and media would play an essential role in women's liberation: that women must picture their own reality in the name of social progress."
"through radical performances, experimental film, photography, and media interventions, EXPORT transformed the female body from an object of representation into a site of political agency and resistance."
"Neuenationalgalerie in Berlin said that it was "deeply saddened" by the passing of the artist, adding that documentation of her 1968 performance Tap and Touch Cinema features in its current collection presentation Extreme Tension (until 25 April 2027)."
""We were closely connected for many years; until the very end, we were in exchange about the preparation of the exhibition Feminist Futures Forever, in which her work plays a central role.""
VALIE EXPORT died on 14 May, three days before her 86th birthday. Born in 1940 in Linz as Waltraud Lehner, she created a radical artistic language focused on the female body. Her work was driven by a conviction that art and media were essential to women’s liberation, requiring women to picture their own reality for social progress. Her performances, experimental films, photography, and media interventions reframed the female body as a site of political agency and resistance. Tributes came from artists and cultural figures, and museums marked her passing. The Neuenationalgalerie in Berlin highlighted documentation of her 1968 performance Tap and Touch Cinema in its collection presentation Extreme Tension.
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