Black and white photograph: a white woman swinging in ropes in front of a work of art.

A woman kneels on the ground between branches growing out of the ground.

Rosemarie Castoro

Land of Lashes

Land of Lashes, the first solo exhibition of New York artist Rosemarie Castoro (1939–2015) in a German-speaking country, extends the interplay between sculpture, painting, and performance.

24.5.2023—1.10.2023

MAK Contemporary

Through her conceptual methodology, Castoro interpreted sculpture within her actional radius, writing her own personal narrative in the context of Minimal Art, Post-Minimal Art, Concept Art, and Feminism. Her works imitate the proportions of the human body and are “kinesthetic”—linked to the sensation of movement. They are designed to be set in motion. The artist was active in the circle of Carl Andre (to whom she was married between 1964 and 1970), Sol LeWitt, and Agnes Martin. She was inspired by modern dance and collaborated with choreographer Yvonne Rainer.

MAK Exhibition View, 2023, ROSEMARIE CASTORO: Land of Lashes, Rosemarie Castoro, Land of Lads, 1975

A woman bends over to continue working on a sculptural work of art on the floor. In one hand she holds a cigarette.

MAK Exhibition View, 2023, ROSEMARIE CASTORO: Land of Lashes

Castoro experimented with surreal connotations and fluid gender roles, responding as an artist to the social and political upheavals and discourse of the 1960s and 1970s.

CURATOR

Bärbel Vischer, Curator, MAK Contemporary Art Collection

Thanks to Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul

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MAK Exhibition View, 2023, ROSEMARIE CASTORO: Land of Lashes, Rosemarie Castoro, Land of Lads, 1975 © MAK/Georg Mayer

Rosemarie Castoro, Self-portrait (Party of Nine), Atelier, Spring Street, New York, 1970s © Estate Rosemarie Castoro. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul

MAK Exhibition View, 2023, ROSEMARIE CASTORO: Land of Lashes © MAK/Georg Mayer

Rosemarie Castoro, Self-portrait (Beaver’s Trap), New York, 1977 © Estate Rosemarie Castoro. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul

Rosemarie Castoro, Non-Correspondence Letter, 1969 © The Estate of Rosemarie Castoro. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul

Rosemarie Castoro, Party of Nine (Brushstroke), 1972 © Eva Herzog. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul

Rosemarie Castoro

Land of Lashes

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