Petra Bauer (born 1970) is a Swedish artist and filmmaker.[1][2][3] She is Research Leader at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, Sweden.[4] Her art intersects with political and social organizing, especially by women, and includes many collaborations with existing organizations.[5]
Petra Bauer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
Art career
editBauer's artwork is grounded in feminist theory and engages with issues including immigration, colonialism, and the history of women's efforts to organize themselves and their communities within the art world and beyond.[5] Her research has engaged with the history of radical filmmaking, notably The Berwick Street Film Collective, Cinema Action and The London Women's Film Group; this has resulted in filmmaking collaborations with the Southall Black Sisters,[6] a London-based group that organizes against violence and discrimination towards women.[7] Her 2016 film Workers!, with SCOT-PEP, documents the labor concerns of sex workers as they occupy and infiltrate space of the Scottish Trade Union Congress.[8][9] The 2003 film Der Fall Joseph (The Case of Joseph) reflected on the death of an immigrant child in Germany, and surrounding narratives of discrimination, fascism, false testimony, and the right to have a death investigated.[10]
In 2008, Bauer worked with artist Annette Krauss to produce Read the Masks, Tradition Is Not Given, an installation and planned demonstration at Van Abbemuseum.[11] This piece criticized the black face Zwarte Piet tradition in the Netherlands.[12] Their planned program was cancelled due to death threats.[13]
Bauer's work has been included in the 2015 Venice Bienale,[14][15] the 8th Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art,[16] the 2018 Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art,[2] and in Apexart's 2021 exhibition Voicing the Silence.[17]
Collaborative work
editBauer's artistic projects are generally organized as collaborations with other artists or organizations; some of her collaborators have included Southall Black Sisters (London);[5] Scot-Pep (Edinburgh);[18] and The Women's Centre in Tensta-Hjulsta (Stockholm).[4] She created the Feminist Research Group with curators and theorists Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Marius Dybwad Brandrud, Binna Choi, Kirsten Lloyd, Frances Stacey, and Marina Vishmidt to study collective practices of care.[9]
References
edit- ^ "PETRA BAUER: SISTERS! MAKING FILMS, DOING POLITICS". Art and Theory Publishing. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ a b "Artforum.com". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "Petra Bauer | Artist Overview | MutualArt". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ a b "Petra Bauer". Royal Institute of Art. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ a b c "Petra Bauer". Headlands Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ Bauer, P. (2016). Sisters! Making Films, Doing Politics : An Exploration in Artistic Research (PhD dissertation, Art and Theory Publishing). Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-5786
- ^ "Work with us". Southall Black Sisters. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ Sheerin, Mark (2018-12-24). "A New Film Offers Us a Group Portrait of Sex Workers". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ a b "The Bureau of Care: Introductory Notes on the Care-Less and Care-Full". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "The Greenroom". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "A Heteronomous Hobby: Report from the Netherlands - Journal #22". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "Once More on Publicness: A Postscript to Secret Publicity". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ Velsen, Vincent van (2018-02-05). "The Mauritshuis Bust and the Volatile Heritage Debate in the Netherlands". Frieze. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ Russeth, Andrew (2015-05-06). "The 2015 Venice Biennale's Central Show, Focused on Strife, Is Uneasy, Uneven". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ Russeth, Andrew (2015-03-05). "Here's the Artist List for the 2015 Venice Biennale". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ Svensk, Fredrik. "Fredrik Svensk on Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "apexart Exhibition: Voicing the Silence". apexart.org. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "Petra Bauer & SCOT-PEP: Workers! - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.