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Marta Astfalck-Vietz
1901 – 1994
Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Ohne Titel (Selbstporträt), um 1927 – Selbstportrait der Künstlerin Marta-Astfalck-Vietz als Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografie. Sie sitzt in einem glänzenden Kleid mit Pelzbesatz auf einem Sofa. Auf ihrem Schoß sitzt ein Hund mit hellem Fell. Im Hintergrund sind Gemälde und dekorative Elemente zu sehen.
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
In the space of a single decade, the "Golden Twenties", photographer Marta Astfalck-Vietz (1901–1994) created a glittering corpus of portrait, nude and dance photography and conceptual series. Idiosyncratic enactments reveal her interest in self-invention. For these she not only took the pictures, but also arranged the setting, directed and posed. Astfalck-Vietz slips here into a range of characters, challenges female stereotypes, alludes critically to social transformations of the period and in so doing anticipates visual strategies of the 1970s.
Playing with fabric and texture, Marta Astfalck-Vietz generates an almost haptic quality in her work. The innovative images composed under shared copyright with photographer Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983) achieve dreamy, often surreal effects by experimenting with techniques like distortion, double exposure and shadow play.
This substantial solo exhibition with accompanying catalogue (German/English) features about 130 works to celebrate the bold and multi-faceted œuvre of Marta Astfalck-Vietz. Her estate, held by the Berlinische Galerie since 1991, was digitised and in part restored in 2022/2023 under a programme established by the Land of Berlin for the digitisation of cultural assets.
Playing with fabric and texture, Marta Astfalck-Vietz generates an almost haptic quality in her work. The innovative images composed under shared copyright with photographer Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983) achieve dreamy, often surreal effects by experimenting with techniques like distortion, double exposure and shadow play.
This substantial solo exhibition with accompanying catalogue (German/English) features about 130 works to celebrate the bold and multi-faceted œuvre of Marta Astfalck-Vietz. Her estate, held by the Berlinische Galerie since 1991, was digitised and in part restored in 2022/2023 under a programme established by the Land of Berlin for the digitisation of cultural assets.
Runtime: Fri, 11/07/2025 to Mon, 13/10/2025
Price info: Tickets can be booked online.
Free admission for under 18s
Free admission for refugees
Price: €10.00
Reduced price: €6.00
Reduced price info: Reduced admission for visitors with severe disabilities + Free admission for one recognized accompanying person
Ticket cooperation Jewish Museum Berlin
Upon presenting a ticket from the Jewish Museum Berlin, we will grant you an admission discount. The same offer applies in reverse to temporary exhibitions at the Jewish Museum. Its permanent exhibition can be visited free of charge.
Free admission for under 18s
Free admission for refugees
Price: €10.00
Reduced price: €6.00
Reduced price info: Reduced admission for visitors with severe disabilities + Free admission for one recognized accompanying person
Ticket cooperation Jewish Museum Berlin
Upon presenting a ticket from the Jewish Museum Berlin, we will grant you an admission discount. The same offer applies in reverse to temporary exhibitions at the Jewish Museum. Its permanent exhibition can be visited free of charge.
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