Galerie Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz, 2010
(Photo: Markus Tretter)

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Maria Hahnenkamp explores the topos of the female body, media images of the advertising, beauty and fashion industry, and also traditional images from the history of art.

In her exhibition at Galerie Lisi Hämmerle she works on the subject of the portrait. This aspect constitutes a fascinating refinement of her conceptual photographic work in that her examination of the media image always centres on questioning the apparent identity conveyed by a photographic image. … more

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“Regina/Haarwurf”
(from the series Regina Fritsch), 6 parts, 2008/2010
Pigment prints, framed, 60.5 × 250 cm

“Regina/Textspiegelung”
(from the series Regina Fritsch), 2 parts, 2008/2010
Pigment prints, embroidered, framed, 70 × 96 cm
(Photo: Stephan Huger)

“Regina/Blaue Rose”
(from the series Regina Fritsch), 2 parts, 2008/2010
Pigment prints, framed, 54.5 × 76 cm each
(Photos: Stephan Huger)