Lara Schnitger, 'This princess saves herself', 2021
Center of The Hague: Spui - Grote Markstraat - Kalvermarkt
Unveiling: Saturday 23 October 2021, 17:00
Preceded by a talk with Lara Schnitger, followed by the procession Suffragette City towards the city center >> read moreAlso a presentation in the window and entrance space of Stroom (23/10 to 12/12) >> read more
As of Saturday 23 October the city of The Hague is the home of a powerful statement on solidarity and female empowerment: This princess saves herself by Lara Schnitger.
Lara Schnitger
uses
textiles as a form of expression. In her work she uses the evocative
power of the material and symbols from everyday life, she gives them
political meaning and transforms them into outspoken feminist
statements. She often builds both suggestive, intimate sculptures and
architectural installations in which texts also play an important role.
Like much of her work her new bronze sculpture This princess saves herself is both humorous and politically charged.
"... Princesses in fairy tales are always saved by a prince. This Princess takes care of herself! She doesn't need a man. It's time we changed those old-fashioned fairy tales!!!," Schnitger said, of course also referring to the Dutch princesses.
"... Princesses in fairy tales are always saved by a prince. This Princess takes care of herself! She doesn't need a man. It's time we changed those old-fashioned fairy tales!!!," Schnitger said, of course also referring to the Dutch princesses.
More about Lara Schnitger
Lara
Schnitger (1969, lives and works in Los Angeles) studied at the
Kitakyushu Centre for Contemporary Art, Japan; Ateliers 63, Amsterdam;
Academie Vyvarni Umeni, Prague and The Royal Academy of Art The Hague.
Her work is shown internationally in a.o. Kunsthaus Dresden; FRAC
Champagne-Ardenne, Reims; Museum Het Domein, Sittard; Kunstwerke,
Berlin; the UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; P.S. 1 Contemporary Art
Center, New York; Power Plant, Toronto; and the Royal Academy in London.
It was featured at the Liverpool Biennial in 1999 and the Shanghai
Biennial in 2002. In 2019 she was approached to design public art works
for The Chelsea Highline and Hudson Yards, and in 2018 for Sydney
Laneway Projects. Lar Schnitger also had a solo exhibition at Stroom Den
Haag in 2005: My other car is a broom.
An exhibition of work by Lara Schnitger opens at Annet Gelink Gallery in Amsterdam on Friday 15 October, 17:00-19:00.
www.annetgelink.com
www.annetgelink.com
More about The Sculpture Gallery
The Sculpture Gallery
in The Hague was conceived and designed by P. Struycken. Due to its
permanent character and annual new commissions, it is a unique example
of art in the public space: since the early 1990s it has shown a
cross-section of Dutch sculpture art. Curator of The Sculpture Gallery is André Kruysen; project manager on behalf of Stroom is Vincent de Boer, advisor and supervisor of art in public space.
- 23 Oct '21
Lara Schnitger, 'This princess saves herself', 2021
photo: Sander Foederer, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
photo: Sander Foederer, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
Lara Schnitger, 'This princess saves herself', 2021
photo: Sander Foederer, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
photo: Sander Foederer, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
Lara Schnitger, 'This princess saves herself', 2021
photo: Sander Foederer, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
photo: Sander Foederer, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
Lara Schnitger, 'This princess saves herself', 2021
photo: Hani Chladilova, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
photo: Hani Chladilova, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
Lara Schnitger, The Hague as Suffragette City, 2021
photo: Mylene Siegers, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
photo: Mylene Siegers, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
Lara Schnitger, The Hague as Suffragette City, 2021
photo: Mylene Siegers, courtesy Stroom Den Haag
photo: Mylene Siegers, courtesy Stroom Den Haag