Barbara Rapp Explained

Barbara Rapp
Birth Date:1972
Birth Place:Klagenfurt, Austria
Nationality:Austrian

Barbara Rapp (also known as Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp) (born 1972) is an Austrian multi-media artist. She makes paintings, collages, and sculptures that examine women's sexuality, queerness, gender and heteronormativity, often using humor.[1] [2] [3]

In 2014, Rapp was selected by the curatorium of the Fashion Art Institute Barcelona (Designer Manuel Fernandez) to represent Austria for "Fashion Art EU" at the European Parliament Brussels 2015[4] and European Museum of Modern Art MEAM Barcelona 2016.[5] For Barbara Rapp fashion does not only bear a social responsibility but also reflects the current socio-cultural developments. After receiving the white dress in folkloristic "dirndl-style" from the fashion art institute it was immediately clear for her that she has to withdraw its automated categorization. Her general artistic focus is on the critical questioning of gender role models. Accordingly, she tried to create the artistic design of her dress called "Trapp 3.0" not only by contemporary re-engineering the traditional mapping of folklore but also to encourage new perspectives on female and male forms of appearance.[6]

In 2024, the public broadcaster ORF visualised the interdisciplinary work of Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp in a tv-portrait in which the artist's focus on human rights is mentioned.https://kaernten.orf.at/tv/stories/3237817/

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ambrusch . Marcel . 26 August 2017 . Werk der Woche: Weibliche Figuren, nackt, in expressivem Rot - die Österreicherin Barbara Rapp nagt am Zahn der Zeit . Work of the week: Female figures, naked, in expressive red - the Austrian Barbara Rapp gnaws at the ravages of time . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171104220634/http://www.freundederkuenste.de/galerie/werk-der-woche/werk/werk-der-woche-weibliche-figuren-nackt-in-expressivem-rot-die-oesterreicherin-barbara-rapp-nagt-am-zahn-der-zeit.html . 4 November 2017 . 27 March 2015 . Gesellschaft FreundeDerKunste . HBS Media Group Ltd . de.
  2. Web site: Simbürger . Manuel . 30 July 2012 . Die Künstlerin Barbara Rapp im relevant-Gespräch . The artist Barbara Rapp in a relevant interview . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204546/http://relevant.at/kultur/kulturpolitik/673645/kuenstlerin-barbara-rapp-relevant-gespraech.story . 30 January 2018 . 27 March 2015 . Relevant . de.
  3. Web site: 17 July 2012 . Ich kann dieses Gender-Gelaber nicht mehr ab . I can't stand this gender talk anymore . subscription . live . https://archive.today/20230208042832/https://www.derstandard.at/story/1342139271911/ich-kann-dieses-gender-gelaber-nicht-mehr-ab . 8 February 2023 . 27 March 2015 . Die Standard . de.
  4. Web site: 16 January 2015 . Diversity à la mode: Fashion, art and the idea of Europe in 28 outfits . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201231002732/http://www.theneweuropean.eu/nordinary/diversity-a-la-mode-fashion-art-and-the-idea-of-europe-in-28-outfits . 31 December 2020 . 7 February 2023 . The New European . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2016 . Fashion Art EU - Art & Fashion by Fashion Art Institute . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129172328/https://www.meam.es/en/exhibitions/50/fashion-art-eu.html . 29 November 2022 . 7 February 2023 . MEAM, European Museum of Modern Art . en.
  6. Web site: LibroFashionArt 4 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230208044505/https://fashionartinstitute.org/wp-content/catalogos/libro4/files/basic-html/page10.html . 8 February 2023 . 7 February 2023 . Fashion Art Institute . 10 . en . Exhibition catalog with pages on separate pages from Flash version of website..

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