Focus: Fake Female Artist
by Agnes Dominique Dabrowski
There are not many places in the world where one can meet both drivers and artists daily in the same location. Strassburger Strasse 6–8 in Berlin is such a place. Once the former site of the car fleet of the Central Committees of the East German Government, today the area contains garages, an unemployed reintegration program, and many smaller businesses, including Mathilde ter Heijne’s studio.
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April 30, 2011 to June 18, 2011
Tuesday – Saturday, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Galerie Olaf Stüber
Max-Beer-Str. 25, D-10119 Berlin
Mathilde ter Heijne’s project titled “Olacak!”, which in English means “It will be!”, is a collaboration with the Foundation for the Support of Women‘s Work, established in 1986 in Istanbul. The goal of the organization is to improve the lives and economic status of women, and to teach them to use their skills to become economically independent.
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January 21, 2011 to March 27, 2011
In the work of Dutch artist Mathilde ter Heijne, doubles assume a key role.
Using plaster casts of her face and hands, ter Heijne makes life-size dummies of her own image. These dummies then make appearances in her installations, sculptures, audio and video works, making it possible for the artist to take part in artistic disquisitions on such topics as pain and violence. They are also featured in the context of research on matriarchy and dream therapy.
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