Margot Pilz Explained

Margot Pilz
Birth Date:1936
Birth Place:Haarlem, Netherlands
Awards:Theodor Körner Prize (1990)
Website:http://www.margotpilz.at/

Margot Pilz (born 1936, Haarlem, Netherlands) is an Austrian visual artist and a pioneer of conceptual and digital art in Austria. She was one of the first Austrian artists to combine computers and photography. Her works reflect the avant-garde culture of the 1960s and 1970s in their experimental techniques and performative aspects. Her work received renewed attention in the 2010s.[1]

Pilz's photographs have been described as "one-second sculptures" or "flash-sculptures". She often chooses feminist approaches, addressing taboos, stereotyping,[2] and environmental concerns. In this regard, her work has been compared to that of Valie Export.[3] Much of her work is autobiographical.She has received a number of awards, including the Theodor Körner Prize (1990).

Biography

Pilz was born in 1936 in Haarlem in the Netherlands.[2] In 1939, when she was three years old, her family fled from the National Socialists to Semarang in Central Java, Indonesia. When the Japanese invaded Indonesia in March 1942, Pilz's father was sent to a concentration camp in Sumatra. She and her mother spent two years among 8,000 prisoners in Lampersari concentration camp, Semarang, Central Java.[4] In Pilz's case, seven women and two children lived in a tiny filthy room. They suffered from typhus and one of Pilz's legs became infected and as a result is shorter than the other.[5]

In 1954 Pilz went to Vienna to study photography at the Höheren Graphischen Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt, the Federal Training and Research Institute of Graphic Arts. She worked with Hans Weiss as a commercial photographer in Vienna from 1971 to 1978. In 1976, she received her Meisterprüfung (master's certification) in photography.

Pilz was strongly affected by her arrest by plainclothes police officers at the Third Women's Festival in Vienna on 14 April 1978. She addressed these events through the creation of a body-centered series of self-portraits, communicating emotion to the audience both through expressive gestures and through the state of the linen jacket that she wore at the time of the arrest. These photographs, in which she is portrayed with crumpled clothes and in crouched postures, have been described as "one-second sculptures" or "flash-sculptures".[6] [7]

In 1978 Pilz also joined the feminist artists network Internationalen Aktionsgemeinschaft bildender Künstlerinnen (International Action Community of Fine Artists, IntAkt). Her work is closely related to the feminist movement of the 1970s and 1980s. In her work she explored and reflected on the institution of marriage, working conditions of women, and the social role of women.[8] For example, for the work "Arbeiterinnenaltar" (Workers altar, 1981), she photographed workers at the coffee roastery Eduscho and questioned working conditions.Her photo sequence, The White Cell Project (1983–1985), placed her subjects within a small cardboard room, 165 centimeters wide, that concretized the weight and constraint of societal expectations and norms. She invited other artists to create works within the White Cell, including,, and Liesbeth Waechter-Böhm.[9]

Pilz was a pioneer in media art in Austria. A well-known early work by Pilz was her intervention in a public space Kaorle am Karlsplatz (1982), for which she poured sand on the Karlsplatz in Vienna during the Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival) and had sun loungers set up.[10] [11] In 1991 Pilz created Delphi Digital, together with Roland Alton-Scheidl, for the Ars Electronica in Linz. The interactive digital installation engaged visitors in questioning environmental policy and democracy.[12] An updated version using smartphones was exhibited in 2015–2016.[13]

From 1990 to 1992 Pilz worked as a lecturer at the Technischen Universität Wien (Vienna University of Technology). In 1991 she was a visiting professor at Pandios Universität Athen, and from 1993 to 1994 she worked at Technischen Universität Graz.

Pilz has donated many of her early works to the city of Vienna, including 2,000 prints and 10,000 negatives from the 1970s to the 1990s. A retrospective of her work, Meilensteine (Milestone) was shown in Vienna in 2015,[14] [15] and her work is part of internationally shown exhibits on The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s (2016–2018).

In 2018, Margot Pilz was one of five women featured in Sie ist der andere Blick (She is the other gaze), a documentary film created by Christiana Perschon and artist Iris Dostal. The film focuses on feminist artists of the 1970s who were part of the Viennese art scene. The film examines the ways in which their artistic practice and their feminism interact, as they recall challenges and obstacles that they faced and how they overcame them in both personal and political spaces.The other women filmed are Renate Bertlmann,,, andKarin Mack. The film won a 2018 Theodor Körner Prize.[16]

Exhibitions

Awards

Bibliography

Pilz's work is discussed in the following:

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Schedlmayer . Nina . Kultur Späte Zündung: Museen und Galerien entdecken vergessene Künstlerinnen neu Von (24. 2. 2016) . 15 April 2019 . Profil . 24 February 2016.
  2. Web site: Vránová . Jana . Margot Pilz 7.6. – 30.7.2017 . The Brno House of Arts. 2017 . 22 February 2019.
  3. Web site: The Spirit of St. Lucifer Nr. 3 Austria 1992 Margot PILZ . MKA . 15 April 2019.
  4. Web site: MARGOT PILZ. Meilensteine (Milestones), The House of Arts, Jaroslav Král Gallery 7/6/2017–30/7/2017 . Wien Museum, MUSA . 26 February 2019.
  5. Web site: Pilz . Margot . Once upon my time – Java 1942 . KÜNSTLERHAUS WIEN. Margot Pilz . 23 February 2019.
  6. Book: Krauthaker . Eva . Schor . Gabriele . The Feminist Avant-Garde. Art of the 1970s. The Sammlung Verbund Collection, Vienna . Margot Pilz. Psychoanalytical-performative Photography . November 2016 . Prestel . Munich, Germany . 126–137 . 2 March 2019.
  7. Web site: Margot Pilz . Margot Pilz . 14 April 2019.
  8. News: Khatchikian . Alicja . Intertwining discourses: a visual history of bodies . 14 April 2019 . roots§routes . Routes Agency Cura of Contemporary Arts Associazione culturale . n.d..
  9. Web site: Die Pionierin . Weiner Zeitung . 14 April 2019. 17 November 2015.
  10. Book: Vienna Art Week 2015 : creating common good . 23 September 2015 . Art Cluster Vienna . Vienna . 25 . 2 March 2019.
  11. Krasny . Elke . Under Construction: Normalization takes Command Kunst – Stadt – Normalität, No 4 . Common . 25 September 2014 . 25 . 15 April 2019.
  12. Web site: Margot Pilz – Milestones . Wien Museum MUSA . 15 April 2019.
  13. Web site: Margot Pilz Meilensteine Von der performativen Fotografie zur digitalen Feldforschung . FindArt.cc . 15 April 2019.
  14. Web site: Personale im MUSA – Margot Pilz – Meilensteine . Presse-Service Rathauskorrespondenz . 18 November 2015 . 26 February 2019.
  15. News: Paar . Tanja . Margot Pilz: "Wir wissen nicht, ob es Kunst ist" Interview . 15 April 2019 . Die Standard . 25 November 2015.
  16. Web site: Sie ist der andere Blick . I R I S D O S T A L . 14 April 2019.
  17. Web site: KUNSTBERICHT 1981 . BUNDESMINISTERIUM FÜR UNTERRICHT UND KUNST . 14 April 2019.
  18. Book: 21er HausZurück in die Zukunft —Ein retroperspektiver Blick auf ein Museum . Agnes. Husslein-Arco . Cosima . Rainer. Bettina . Steinbrügge . Revolver Publishing. Berlin. 2011. 169 . 14 April 2019.
  19. Web site: Mostre dal 1979 al 2005 . Dryphoto . 19 December 1979 . 15 April 2019.
  20. Web site: Margot Pilz . Steirischer Herbst . 15 April 2019.
  21. Web site: Margot Pilz . Six Pack Film Database . 15 April 2019.
  22. Web site: Pilz. Die Auflösung der Fotografie – der kalte Raum . Database – Angewandte . 15 April 2019.
  23. Web site: Tacit Surveillance Austria 1992 Margot PILZ . MKA . 15 April 2019.
  24. Web site: Künstlerinnen – Positionen 1945 bis heute. Mimosen – Rosen – Herbstzeitlosen . Die Angewandte . 15 April 2019.
  25. Web site: Die Liebe zu den Objekten . artCore . 15 April 2019. 23 October 2008.
  26. News: MATRIX . 15 April 2019 . Wien Museum MUSA . 13 March 2008.
  27. Web site: WERKSCHAU XIII INTAKT – DIE PIONIERINNEN . Fotogallerie Wien . 15 April 2019.
  28. Web site: BEST OF AUSTRIA . Photography Now . 15 April 2019.
  29. Rohringer . Susanne . Margot Pilz – Once upon my time – Java 1942 : Geschichten ohne Ende . Artmagazine . 23 February 2014 . 14 April 2019.
  30. Web site: MARGOT PILZ. Meilensteine – The House of Arts, Jaroslav Král Gallery 7/6/2017–30/7/2017 . Wein Museum MUSA . 14 April 2019.
  31. Web site: Feminist Avant Garde Of The 1970s Explored At The Photographers' Gallery . Artlyst . 14 April 2019.
  32. Web site: Aging Pride/Die Kraft des Alters at BELVEDERE . The Art VieW. 20 November 2017 . 14 April 2019.
  33. Web site: Artist Talks . Zentrum für Kunst und Medien (ZKM) . 14 April 2019.
  34. Web site: Kraus . Karola . Lamprechter . Cornelia . mumok Annual Press Conference 2017 Statement of the Directors . mumok . 23 February 2019. 2017.
  35. Web site: Shemilt . Elaine . WOMAN Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s from the SAMMLUNG VERBUND Collection, Vienna . University of Dundee . 22 February 2019. 2018.
  36. News: Tilley . John Martin . The Triumph of Venus . 15 April 2019 . Office Magazine . 23 January 2019.
  37. News: Robinson . Megan D. . "Women. Now." Reflect's Women's Experiences Across the Globe . 15 April 2019 . Art & Object . 27 September 2018.
  38. News: Davidson . Lisa . Women.Now. Marking catalytic years in women's rights, Women.Now. is a potent exhibition chronicling their impact on contemporary society and art... . 15 April 2019 . We Heart . 30 November 2018.
  39. Web site: 50 Margot Pilz . Kunstasyl 2018 . 14 April 2019.
  40. Web site: Preise und Ehrungen . Künstlerhaus . 14 April 2019.
  41. Web site: kunst- und kulturbericht / frauenkulturbericht der stadt wien 2011 . City of Vienna . 14 April 2019.
  42. Book: Aigner . Silvie . Karel . Johannes . Raum_körper einsatz : positionen der skulptur [Re_figuring space : positions in sculpture] . 2010 . Verlag für Moderne Kunst . Nürnberg . 978-3-86984-106-9.
  43. Book: Birbaumer . Brigitte Borchardt- . Dieter . Ronte . Aktionistinnen . 2015 . Kunstmeile Krems . 978-3-901261-60-2 .
  44. Book: Ecker . Berthold . Aigner . Silvie . Margot Pilz : Meilensteine : von der performativen Fotografie zur digitalen Feldforschung = Milestones : from performative photography to digital field studies . 2015 . De Gruyter. Berlin . 978-3-11-045841-1.
  45. Book: Schor. Gabriele. The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s: Works from the Sammlung Verbund, Vienna. 22 December 2016. Prestel. Vienna. 978-3-7913-5446-0.

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