Peggy Buth. Desire in Representation

The artist

Peggy Buth, born 1971 in Berlin, studied at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig and at Saint Martins College in London. Her works have been shown internationally, including at the Brussels Biennial (2008) and at the exhibition Made in Germany in Hanover (2007). She has been the recipient of international scholarships from the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles (2009) and the Jan van Eyck Akademie in Maastricht (2004–2005).

In her artistic work, Buth is neither fixed on a particular medium nor on a narrow artistic concept. She instead explores the representational systems of art, literature, politics, history, and science, with an emphasis on what is being repressed and what unintentionally comes to light in these spheres. In so doing she employs the media of photography and video, uses tar, shellac, or carpet in creating her pictures, works with found materials, language, and sound, produces objects, sculptures, and installations. This versatility in artistic working methods is also reflected in the exhibition Desire in Representation.

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