Friday, October 2, 2009

DE SIRENEN

I've been waiting for the right alibi to show the work of SIRENEN.
The article below (former post on this blog) of Eva van Berne mentions this work.
Note Adriaan laying on the floor and the lady in the middle is his wife Mitsy!

From the book "The unforgettable fire":
Founded 1991, DE SIRENEN ("The Sirens") was a Dutch female artists' collective initiated by Tjarda Sixma, Anya Janssen and Mitsy Groenendijk. The collaboration dawned spontaneously in 1989 when Sixma, Janssen and Groenendijk saw their work presented together in Amsterdam at the Stedelijk Museum's Barok & Roll.
This group show, curated by Adrian van der Have, was a revelation for the trio. Unbeknownst to each other, all three had been making use of similar visual strategies. ... Each had been seekingto convey an urgent need for self-affirmation and emancipation via depictions of women as (sexually) empowered beings. ...
Catherine Somze

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