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VALIE EXPORT

born 1940

Action Pants: Genital Panic 1969
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Biography

Valie Export (often stylized as 'VALIE EXPORT'; born 17 May 1940) is an avant-garde Austrian artist. She is best known for provocative public performances and expanded cinema work. Her artistic work also includes video installations, computer animations, photography, sculpture and publications covering contemporary art.

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Performance art Feminist art Identity politics

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Identity Transfer 1

VALIE EXPORT
1968, printed late 1990s

Identity Transfer 2

VALIE EXPORT
1968, printed late 1990s

Identity Transfer 3

VALIE EXPORT
1968, printed late 1990s

Action Pants: Genital Panic

VALIE EXPORT
1969

Artist as subject

Identity Transfer 1

VALIE EXPORT
1968, printed late 1990s

Identity Transfer 2

VALIE EXPORT
1968, printed late 1990s

Identity Transfer 3

VALIE EXPORT
1968, printed late 1990s

Action Pants: Genital Panic

VALIE EXPORT
1969

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VALIE EXPORT: 'I Created my Own Identity'

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