Kathe Burkhart, Mock-ups and source material

Amazing collection from the artist's archive. Includes magazine clippings, photocopied texts and film stills as well as original mock-ups related to Burkhart's ongoing project 'The Liz Taylor Series'. Includes a striking original colour photo featuring Taylor kissing Burton, with alterations by the artist and signed in lower right, as well as a mock-up for 'Liz' 102 sex mistakes!'. Also contains sketches for texts used throughout the artists' works, featuring swear words mostly in Dutch and English (Fuckface, übercunt, Zeikwijf, Beftekkel et al); mock-ups for the bumpersticker 'Ask me about Being a Dominant Woman'; and photocopied video stills from the 1995 performance/wedding in Pescara, and much more. (total 32)

Kathe Burkhart (b. 1958) is a multidisciplinary artist and writer based in New York and Amsterdam. She uses various techniques including collage, painting, digital media, photography, video recordings, and sculpture. Her work engages with themes such as gender roles, sexual politics, female dominance, and celebrity status. In the renown Liz Taylor Series (ongoing since 1982), Liz Taylor acts both as post-feminist icon and the artist’s alter ego, pairing images of the movie star with profane texts.