Ines Doujak

Ines Doujak (* 1959 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian artist who works with the means of installation , photography and conceptual art . She took part in documenta 12 with her work Victory Gardens .

Life

Ines Doujak studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and received her diploma there. In her photographs, installations and performances, she examines the construction and role of stereotypes in relation to gender roles and racism . Her work is shaped from a feminist perspective . As part of her first solo exhibition at the Vienna Secession, she took part in the Rainbow Parade, the Viennese counterpart to Christopher Street Day, with a car she designed .

She took part in documenta 12 with the work Siegesgärten . The themes of the installation were the neo-colonial exploitation of natural resources in developing countries through the appropriation of genetic diversity through the abuse of patent protection on living beings, as well as the use of genetically modified organisms in agriculture, which resulted in the dependence on formerly self-sufficient farmers. In a planting box on stilts, seed bags were attached to plant sticks that were stuck in the ground. Various aspects of biopiracy were shown on the seed bags .

Doujak was first represented by Teresa Hohenlohe at the Vienna gallery , and since 2007 she has been at the Krobath Wimmer gallery, also in Vienna. In 2007 Doujak received the City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts . In 2017 she was awarded the Carinthian Culture Prize. She lives and works in Vienna .

Controversies in Spain

A paper mache sculpture by the artist led to a heated public debate, showing the naked ex-King Juan Carlos I on all fours having anal sex with the naked Bolivian union leader Domitila Barrios , who in turn has anal sex with a German Shepherd . The controversial sculpture was shown for the first time at the São Paulo Biennale in December 2014. The artist said at the time that the work should “play with power relationships and undermine them”. The director of the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona , Bartomeu Mari , asked the curators of the exhibition The Beast and the Sovereign not to show the work. They refused and demanded either to show all works or to cancel the exhibition completely. Then Mari publicly apologized and offered to resign.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 2005: Ines Doujak - Dirty Old Women. Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg .
• 2002: INES DOUJAK - father ass. Vienna Secession, Vienna .

Participation in group exhibitions (selection)

• 2010: beautiful living. Institute for Art in Public Spaces Styria, Graz
• 2008: Image Politics. Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg.
• 2007: Franz West - Souffle, a mass exhibition. Art space Innsbruck .
• 2007: Not seen for a long time Encounters with the museum on demand. MUSA - Museum on Demand, Vienna.
• 2007: documenta 12 , Kassel. The work Siegesgärten was shown .
• 2007: Normal Love: precarious sex, precarious work. Künstlerhaus Bethanien , Berlin.
• 2005: Utopia: Freedom. WUK - Kunsthalle Exnergasse , Vienna.
• 2004–2005: THE GOVERNMENT - How do we want to be governed? shown at MACBA , Barcelona. then at Miami Art Central, Miami , at the Wiener Secession, Vienna , and at Witte de With , Rotterdam.
• 2003: forms of organization. shown at the HGB Leipzig and in the art space of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg .
• 2002: story (s). Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg.
• 2000: governmentality. Old Kestner Society, Hanover .
• 2000: things we don't understand. Generali Foundation , Vienna .

literature

• Ines Doujak, John Barker: Landraub , Bahoe Books , Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-903290-04-4

Web links

• Literature by and about Ines Doujak in the catalog of the German National Library
• Materials by and about Ines Doujak in the documenta archive
• Ines Doujak at artfacts.net
• Ines Doujak at the Krobath Wimmer Gallery, Vienna.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ines Doujak: Siegesgärten / Victory Gardens. Schlebrügge, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85160-123-7 .
2. ↑ City of Vienna: Awards of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts 2007. In: Archive report of the town hall correspondence of November 26, 2007. Available online (accessed on June 4, 2008.)
3. ↑ orf.at: Literature State Culture Prize for Peter Turrini . Article dated December 14, 2017, accessed December 14, 2017.
4. ^ ORF : Spanish Museum shows controversial Juan Carlos sculpture , March 22, 2015
5. ^ Ines Doujak - Dirty Old Women , Salzburger Kunstverein, April 27 - June 26, 2005. Curated by Hemma Schmutz. Available online (Retrieved June 4, 2008)
6. ↑ INES DOUJAK - Father ass , Secession, July 5th - 1 September 2002. catalog under the title Father ass published by Secession, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-901926-43-7 . Available online ( memento of the original from July 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved June 4, 2008.) 
7. ^ Bildpolitiken , Salzburger Kunstverein, April 24 - July 6, 2008. Curated by Hemma Schmutz. Available online (Retrieved June 4, 2008)
8. ^ Franz West - Souffle, a mass exhibition , Kunstraum Innsbruck, September 1 - October 13, 2007. Catalog published by König, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-86560-379-1 . Available online (Retrieved June 4, 2008)
9. ↑ Not seen for a long time. Encounters with the Museum on Demand , MUSA, Vienna, June 20 - August 30, 2007. Curated by Iara Boubnova. Catalog published by MUSA, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902076-12-0 . Available online ( memento of the original from May 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved June 4, 2008.) 
10. ^ Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. About the works by Ines Doujak shown on the official documenta blog: Available online ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed June 4, 2008) 
11. ^ Normal Love , Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin), January 19 - March 4, 2007. Curated by Renate Lorenz. Catalog published by b_books, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-933557-71-1 . Available online ( memento of the original from September 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved June 4, 2008.) 
12. ↑ Utopia: Freiheit , WUK - Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, October 19 - November 4, 2005. Available online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved June 4, 2008.)  
13. ↑ How do we want to be governed? , Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona, ​​2004. Curated by Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online (Retrieved June 4, 2008)
14. ↑ How do we want to be governed? (Figure and Ground) , Miami Art Central. Curators: Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. November 29, 2004 - January 30, 2005. Catalog How Do We Want to Be Governed? Figure and Ground published by Miami Art Central, 2005.
15. ^ THE GOVERNMENT - Heavenly Spaces of Action Vienna Secession, Vienna, February 24 - April 24, 2005. Curated by Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online ( memento of the original dated June 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved June 4, 2008.) 
16. ↑ Be what you want but stay where you are . Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam. April 29 - June 19, 2005. Curated by Ruth Noack and Roger M. Buergel. Witte de With presents from April 29 till June 19 the exhibition? Be what you want but stay where you are? ( Memento of November 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved June 4, 2008.)
17. ^ Forms of Organization , Galerie der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, April 11 - May 10, 2003. Available online (accessed on June 4, 2008.)
18. ^ Forms of Organization , Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, July 9th - July 24th 2003. Curated by Roger M. Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online (Retrieved June 4, 2008)
19. ^ Geschichte (n) , Salzburger Kunstverein, October 16, 2002 - December 8, 2002. Curated by Hildegund Amanshauser and Hedwig Saxenhuber . Available online (Retrieved June 4, 2008)
20. ↑ governmentality , Austrian cultural program for EXPO 2000, Alte Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, June 7th - July 30th, 2000. Curated by Roger M. Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online ( memento of the original from January 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved June 4, 2008.) 
21. ↑ Things We Don't Understand . Generali Foundation Vienna, January 28 - April 16, 2000. Curated by Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. Catalog published by Generali Foundation, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-901107-26-6 . Available online ( memento of the original from December 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved June 4, 2008.)