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Book launch of Pants Wear Skirts. The Erfurt Women Artists' Group 1984–1994 

Place: Buchhandlung Walther König GmbH & Co. KG, An der Museumsinsel, Burgstraße 27, 10178 Berlin

Founded in 1984 by several women allied with Gabriele Stötzer, the Erfurt Women Artists’ Group pursued an artistic vision in radical opposition to the strictures of everyday life in the GDR and contributed in various ways to shaping the period following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Their exploration of female self-empowerment, collective action, and cultural criticism—still highly relevant today—is cogently manifested in Super 8 films, images, live performances, fashion-object shows, and texts. Subversive, witty, sustained by a clear sense of personal freedom, their art works provide insight into a little-known feminist subculture in the GDR.

The curators will present the Erfurt Women Artists' Group as well as the conception of the book. Some of the artists will be present. The book was planned in conjunction with the exhibition on the artists’ group that was shown at the nGbK in Berlin from November 27, 2021, to January 30, 2022.

About the book:
Edited by: Susanne Altmann, Kata Krasznahorkai, Christin Müller, Franziska Schmidt, Sonia Voss, nGbK, Berlin. With essays by: Susanne Altmann, Kata Krasznahorkai, Christin Müller, Franziska Schmidt, Sonia Voss

224 pages, 300 illustrations
Soft cover, 19,5 x 27,5 cm
February 2023
38 €

Published by nGbK and Hatje Cantz
nGbK’s museum version (ISBN 978-3-938515-92-1)
Bookstore orders should be placed with Hatje Cantz (ISBN 978-3-7757-5258-9)

Funded by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung.