Rita Ackermann
Washing Dishes Helps in the Metabolism, 1995
Ink, crayon, acrylic on linen
52¾ x 63¾ inches (134 x 162 cm.)
Signed & dated 'Rita Ackermann 1995' on stretcher
Further images
This early painting from 1995 is a great example of Rita Ackermann's sampling and riffing off art history and mainstream culture. Ackerman seems to quote Manet's A Bar at the...
This early painting from 1995 is a great example of Rita Ackermann's sampling and riffing off art history and mainstream culture. Ackerman seems to quote Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère from 1880 with a 1980s Dawn dish detergent commercial, composing an amalgamation of an iconic masterpiece with quotidian visual imagery. Although this cultural appropriation was typical for the period, Ackermann's highly personalized stylistic approach, meeting Eastern European sensibility with the Western canon, is something that still stands out almost three decades later.
Provenance
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, 1995, where acquired byPrivate collection, The Netherlands
Exhibitions
Zürich, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Rita Ackermann. The Birth of Tragedy, 1 - 30 September 1995Budapest, Ludwig Múzeum, BAKOS. Rita Ackermann, 18 November 2011 – 18 March 2012
Literature
Rita Ackermann, Keep my mouth shut and no headaches... Works 1996-1993, Rockin’on, Tokyo, 1997Fire By Days. Rita Ackermann, Zürich, Nieves, 2011
"Conversations. THE BODY GETS LOST IN THE GESTURES. Rita Ackermann in conversation with András Szántó", 24 February 2022, in: Ursula, Hauser & Wirth [https://www.hauserwirth.com/ursula/36608-the-body-gets-lost-in-the-gesturesrita-ackermann-conversation-andras-szanto/]; originally published by Inside Burger COLLECTION Courtesy Burger Collection, Hong Kong [https://www.burgercollection.org/usr/library/documents/main/aap_almanacxvii_rita-ackermann.pdf]