Three books in one (Ger./Engl.)

Nan Hoover, Anneliese Hager and Maria Lassnig are women artists who expressed themselves experimentally and innovatively in various media. They were interested in alienation effects, body perception, and reflections about time and space. All three explored Surrealism early on and found their own individual visual language in different ways: the common denominator is a preoccupation with light, space and the body, as well as the existential question of self-perception and one’s place in the world. While American Hoover was one of the pioneers of international light, video and performance art and produced a surprising painterly early oeuvre close to pop art, Hager, who is one of the most interesting female photographers of the 20th century, remains very little known. Today, Austrian painter Lassnig is one of the most important female artists of the 20th century, but she only achieved her international breakthrough late – in the 1980s. This publication, three books in one, enables readers to rediscover the three artists, or even discover them for the first time.

Nan Hoover (1931–2008), light, video and performance artist Look inside

Anneliese Hager (1904–1997), photo artist, poet Look inside

Maria Lassnig (1919–2014), painter, graphic artist Look inside

• Art, body, (self-)perception - a focused, concentrated introduction to the work and biography of three 20th century women artists

• Exhibition: Kunsthalle Mannheim, 10 November 2023 to 28th April 2024