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Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin is showing the special presentation Self Portrait as clone of Jeanne D’Arc by the artist Bunny Rogers from 25 October 2020.
On the occasion of the donation by private sponsors* as a great thank you to Udo Kittelmann, Director of the Nationalgalerie, who is retiring from his post at the end of October 2020, Hamburger Bahnhof is presenting the installation “Self Portrait as clone of Jeanne D’Arc” by Bunny Rogers in a special presentation. The central work of the US-American artist reflects the complexity of youthful femininity, the fear, intensity and narcissism associated with it by means of personal and pop cultural references.
Bunny Rogers, Self-portrait as Clone of Jeanne d’Arc (Paige Joan), 2019
Bild aus 15teiligem Zyklus, Kunstdruck auf Hahnemühle PhotoRag Ultrasmooth auf Aluminium,
versilberter Künstler*innenrahmen, lila, 200,5 x 163 x 7,5 cm, Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,
erworben 2020 durch private Förder*innen zu Ehren von Udo Kittelmann
(Direktor der Nationalgalerie 2008-2020), © die Künstlerin und Société
Bunny Rogers, Self-portrait as Clone of Jeanne d’Arc (Vanessa Joan), 2019
Bild aus 15teiligem Zyklus, Kunstdruck auf Hahnemühle PhotoRag Ultrasmooth auf Aluminium,
versilberter Künstler*innenrahmen, lila, 200,5 x 163 x 7,5 cm, Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,
erworben 2020 durch private Förder*innen zu Ehren von Udo Kittelmann
(Direktor der Nationalgalerie 2008-2020), © die Künstlerin und Société
In her works, Bunny Rogers (*1990 in Houston, Texas) plays with ideas of identity and addresses sensitivity and vulnerability, friendship and outsiderhood. She often inspires characters from television series, video games and the Internet. In her fifteen-part, large-format cycle “Self Portrait as clone of Jeanne D’Arc” (2019), Rogers adapts the character Joan of Arc from the animated series “Clone High”, in which a school is populated by clones of historical figures. As Joan of Arc’s alter ego, the artist presents herself in these images in various situations with references to personal everyday life as well as popular culture, transforming the exhibition space into an intimate mood stage.
Bunny Rogers, Self-portrait as Clone of Jeanne d’Arc (Last Bell Joan), 2019
Bild aus 15teiligem Zyklus, Kunstdruck auf Hahnemühle PhotoRag Ultrasmooth auf Aluminium,
versilberter Künstler*innenrahmen, lila, 200,5 x 163 x 7,5 cm, Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,
erworben 2020 durch private Förder*innen zu Ehren von Udo Kittelmann
(Direktor der Nationalgalerie 2008-2020), © die Künstlerin und Société
Bunny Rogers was last seen in the Hamburger Bahnhof in the exhibition “moving is in every direction. Environments – Installations – Narrative Spaces” (2017) and is already represented in the collection of the National Gallery with the work shown there, “Mandy’s Piano Solo in Columbine Cafeteria” (2016).
Please note that due to corona conditions, special admission and hygiene regulations apply in our museums until further notice: the number of visitors* is limited, taking into account the available space. All visitors* from 6 years of age are obliged to wear a mouth-nose cover, keep a minimum distance of 1.5 metres, follow the signposted tours and avoid group formation in the rooms. The visit is only possible with a time slot ticket, which can be booked online in advance: www.smb.museum/tickets
Exhibition dates: Sunday, 25 October 2020 – Sunday, 28 February 2021
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