Elke Krystufek
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Elke Krystufek (b. Austria, 1970) is a contemporary Austrian artist who creates self portraiture in a variety of mediums.
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[edit] Life
Krystufek studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Vienna in the early 1990s. Her work is informed by a history of Austrian artists - from Egon Schiele to the Vienna Actionists - who have explicitly explored sexuality in art.
[edit] Work
Krystufek works across a variety of performative mediums including photographs, videos, paintings, and mannequin installations. Her work often involves issues of narcissism and self-censorship in the audience, by fusing popular culture with a personal sexual iconography.
In 2000 one of her self-portrait masturbation video art works was cited in a French court case that eventually led to the gallery curators concerned being brought before the courts in December 2006.
[edit] Further reading in English
- Sammlung Essl (2003). Nackt & Mobil - Elke Krystufek. ISBN 3-902001-10-0
- BAWAG Foundation (2004). Elke Krystufek.
- Grosenick, Uta. (2001). Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century.
[edit] External links
- Naked & Mobile - Elke Krystufek exhibition at the Essl Collection (Klosterneuburg 2003).
- Elke Krystufek on ArtNet. Exhibitions listing and bibliography.
