Bojana Pejić Curates Gender Check Exhibition at MUMOK Vienna, Examining Gender in Eastern European Art
In 2009, MUMOK in Vienna hosted the exhibition Gender Check–Feminism and Masculinity in the Art of Eastern Europe, curated by Bojana Pejić. This showcase comprised 250 pieces from 24 post-communist nations, divided into three themes: Socialist Iconosphere, Negotiating Personal Spaces, and Post-communist Genderscapes. The Erste Foundation's PATTERNS program chose Pejić's concept in the fall of 2007, with research led by Christine Böhler in 2008. The exhibition, which included artists from the GDR, was funded by the Erste Foundation, with a budget approved in August 2008, and featured a symposium and publications. It was scheduled to move to Zacheta gallery in Warsaw from mid-March to mid-June 2010.
Key facts
- Bojana Pejić curated Gender Check at MUMOK Vienna in 2009
- Exhibition featured 250 works from 24 post-communist countries
- Research conducted over eight months in 2008 by Eastern European art historians
- Funded by Erste Foundation with budget approved August 2008
- Exhibition structured thematically in three parts covering 1950s-present
- Accompanied by symposium and two publications
- Scheduled to travel to Zacheta gallery Warsaw March-June 2010
- Pejić described Gender Check as a method, not a theme
Entities
Artists
- Bojana Pejić
- Hedvig Turai
- Ann McClintock
- Cosmin Costinas
- Veronica Kaup-Hasler
- Piotr Piotrowski
- Georg Schöllhammer
- Christine Böhler
- Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe
- Griselda Pollock
- Dunja Blažević
- Žarana Papić
- Nada Ler-Sofronić
- Sanja Iveković
- Margit Anna
- Suzana Milevska
- Michel Foucault
Institutions
- MUMOK (Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig)
- Erste Foundation
- Moderna Museet
- Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Ludwig Budapest
- Hamburger Bahnhof
- Zacheta gallery
- Soros Centers for Contemporary Art
- National Gallery of Arts Tirana
- Student Cultural Center (SKC) Belgrade
- ARTMargins
- Literaturhaus Berlin
- PATTERNS program
Locations
- Vienna
- Austria
- Berlin
- Germany
- Stockholm
- Sweden
- Budapest
- Hungary
- Warsaw
- Poland
- Belgrade
- Yugoslavia
- Sarajevo
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Zagreb
- Croatia
- Tirana
- Albania
- New York
- United States
- London
- United Kingdom