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VALIE EXPORT

VALIE EXPORT

1940

WA-00014486

InstallationPerformance ArtInstallation ArtContemporary

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

84

Works in Collection

169

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ459681

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (3)

Thaddaeus-Ropachttps://ropac.net/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7816
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Gallery Roster
Tier 2 · Strong source60%

About

Why this artist matters now

Valie Export is an avant-garde Austrian artist. She is best known for provocative public performances and expanded cinema work. Her artistic work also includes video installations, computer animations, photography, sculpture and publications covering contemporary art.

Source: Thaddaeus Ropac · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Performance Art

Medium

Installation

Related Artists

11 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (84)

Anagrammatische Komposition mit Würfelspiel von VALIE EXPORT (nach W.A. Mozart, Klavier) Für Sopransaxophon (Anagrammatical Compostion with Dice by VALIE EXPORT (W.A. Mozart, Piano) for Soprano Saxophone)

Anagrammatische Komposition mit Würfelspiel von VALIE EXPORT (nach W.A. Mozart, Klavier) Für Sopransaxophon (Anagrammatical Compostion with Dice by VALIE EXPORT (W.A. Mozart, Piano) for Soprano Saxophone)

2010 · Video (black and white, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

...I turn over the pictures of my voice in my head

...I turn over the pictures of my voice in my head

2008 · Video (color, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

The voice as performance, act and body

The voice as performance, act and body

2007 · Video (color, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Die Zweiheit der Natur (The Duality of Nature)

Die Zweiheit der Natur (The Duality of Nature)

1986 · Video (color, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

1983 · 16mm film transferred to video (color, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Restringierter Code (Restricted Code)

Restringierter Code (Restricted Code)

1979 · Video (black and white, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

I (Beat (It))

1978 · Video (black and white, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Adjungierte Dislokationen II (Adjunct Dislocations II)

Adjungierte Dislokationen II (Adjunct Dislocations II)

1978 · Video (black and white, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Delta: A Piece

1977 · Video (color and black and white, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Encirclement from the series Body Configurations

Encirclement from the series Body Configurations

1976 · Gelatin silver print with red ink

14 × 23 7/16" (35.5 × 59.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Delta. A Piece

1976 · Video (black and white, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Raumsehen und Raumhören (Space Seeing - Space Hearing)

Raumsehen und Raumhören (Space Seeing - Space Hearing)

1974 · Video (black and white, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Body Politics

1974 · Standard-definition video (black and white, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Man & Woman & Animal

Man & Woman & Animal

1973 · 16mm film transferred to video (color, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

...Remote...Remote...

1973 · 16mm film (black and white, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Hyperbulie

1973 · Video (black and white, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Asemie - die Unfähigkeit, sich durch Mienenspiel ausdrücken zu können (Asemie - The Inability to Express Oneself Through Facial Expression)

Asemie - die Unfähigkeit, sich durch Mienenspiel ausdrücken zu können (Asemie - The Inability to Express Oneself Through Facial Expression)

1973 · Video (black and white, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

Moving images over moving people

Moving images over moving people

1973 · 16mm film transferred to video (black and white, silent)

Museum of Modern Art

Time and Countertime

1973 · Two gelatin silver prints, ink, and pencil on type-written paper

Museum of Modern Art

Time and Countertime

1973 · Ink and pencil on paper, photocopy

Museum of Modern Art

Time and Countertime

1973 · Video (black and white, silent), CRT monitor, aluminum and glass table, glass bowl, water, two concept papers, paper ephemera

Museum of Modern Art

Time and Countertime

1973 · Video (black and white, silent; 6 hrs.), CRT monitor, aluminum and glass table, glass bowl, and water

Museum of Modern Art

Time and Countertime

1973 · Two gelatin silver prints, ink, pencil, and transfer type on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Madonna on the Gas Stove (Madonna an Gasherd)

Madonna on the Gas Stove (Madonna an Gasherd)

1973 · Pencil on paper

11 3/4 × 16 5/8" (29.8 × 42.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

84 published of 167 catalogued · 135 with image

MoMA
79 publishedof 162 catalogued130 img
Tate
4 published4 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Identity Transfer 3
1968 · Tate · 1 prov
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Action Pants: Genital Panic
1969 · Tate · 1 prov
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Identity Transfer 1
1968 · Tate · 1 prov
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Identity Transfer 2
1968 · Tate · 1 prov
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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

VALIE EXPORT (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

7

Movements4

Performance Art Installation Art Contemporary Video Art

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

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