Raum der Büglerin
Josef Bauer
Raum der Büglerin, 1969-2005
Installation, 12 parts, objects in different materials: foldable ironing board, stool, cross and branch (all wood), plaster, canvas, tie, woolen sock, textile ribbon and gloth glove, partly partly painted over in varnish and acrylic paints, collages and montages, framed by the artist; the pieces may be exhibited together or separately, dimensions variable.
GF0031870.00.0-2023
Artwork text
In the multi-part installation “Raum der Büglerin”, Bauer suggestively relates everyday objects to one another, all of which he has reworked. He condenses real objects, language, form and space and hints at their possible significance for the construction of aspects of a woman's everyday reality. A Christian cross shows deep plaster casts of the clasping of a hand. The work surface of the ironing board is partially painted red and allows associations with the menstrual cycle, in which women are just as trapped as in the traditional duties of a household. Bauer stages the everyday situation of a woman and reveals a political aspect. (Doris Leutgeb)