La Chute d'Ariane, Challenge for bloody bastards

by Ingrid Orfali

Artist Ingrid Orfali (Sverige, född 1952)

Date1986

MediumSilver dye bleach print (Cibachrome) ink on paper

Dimensions101 x 101 cm och 6,5 x 16,5 x 2,5 cm

ClassificationPhotography

Credit LinePurchase 1987

Countries

Sweden

Object NumberMOMB 125

CollectionsSömnlösa nätter

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About the artworkIngrid Orfali has been comparatively absent from the Swedish art scene, but her impact on art history has been huge. She was born in Egypt, studied in Paris and Lund, has a PhD in both semiotics and French, and has been living on a farm outside Sydney for more than twenty years. In both art and writing, she explores the postmodern condition, including the debate on original and copy. In the second half of the 1980s, she created a series of photographs with motifs on feminist and surrealist themes. These enigmatic images often feature trivial elements, but the scenes are dramatically staged. Their ambiguous titles, mixing Swedish, French and English, add further theoretical meaning to the playful and humorous side of her works.
Selected exhibition history Spegling. Moderna Museets förvärv under 80-talet av 29 unga svenska konstnärers verk (1990) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2010 - En annan rörelse (2010) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Sömnlösa nätter. Från 1980-talet i Moderna Museets samling (den 24 februari 2023 - den 14 januari 2024) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Motstånd/ MOMA möter Moderna 1960-2000 (2001) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

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