Panel from Let's Take Back Our Space: 'Female' and 'Male' Body Language as a Result of Patriarchal Structures
1977 · Gelatin silver prints, paper and ink on board
50.5 × 138.3 cm
Museum of Modern Art
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Marianne Wex
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Conceptual ArtPhotographyPerformance Art
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Marianne Wex was a German artist and theorist whose practice spanned photography, performance, and conceptual work from the 1960s onward. Her research into body language, gender representation, and social conditioning produced landmark photographic and documentary projects that examined how power structures are inscribed in posture and movement. Working across installation and archival forms, she developed a rigorous visual methodology for exposing the political dimension of everyday gesture. Her work remains significant to feminist art history and the study of embodied social practice.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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