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In the series Ode to Eris, commissioned by the MdbK, Roxana Rios (*1994 Hanover) explores selected works from the permanent exhibition in the form of photographic-performative reinterpretations. Rios' artistic practice is characterised by a critical examination of historically evolved narratives and, in particular, the connections between image and knowledge production - in other words, ultimately the question of how certain image patterns in portraiture, such as gender stereotypes, have been perpetuated and consolidated to this day. Roxana Rios sees the body as a "construct, material and representative within social orders".

Roxana Rios studied photography under Heidi Specker at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg under Juergen Teller and Katja Eydel. She went on to study Performative Arts with Isabel Lewis at the HGB. Roxana Rios lives and works in Leipzig.
The work group Ode to Eris is presented in the form of three large-format banners on the façade of the MdbK as well as several photographic interventions in the permanent exhibition. On the occasion of the project, a signed and numbered edition with all motifs of the series in the format 40 × 30 cm will be published in a limited edition (+ 1 artist proof) in a handmade cassette. The edition is available at the MdbK.

On Wednesday, 1 April at 4 pm there will be an artist talk in the exhibition with Roxana Rios and the curator Philipp Freytag. Free of charge, without registration