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Cocktail Prolongé

Jimmy DeSana, Coffee Table, 1979 © Jimmy DeSana

As one of the most influential German fashion photographers from the 1950s to the 1980s, F.C. Gundlach decisively shaped the aesthetic stylization of the female body. As a private collector, however, his passion was devoted to more provocative, ambiguous, and profound forms of corporeality. Extravagance and queerness are expressed in these works just as much as vulnerability and nonconformity. Drawing on around 300 works from the F.C. Gundlach Collection, the exhibition »Cocktail Prolongé« explores the diverse ways in which corporeality can be staged — always with an eye to how the body becomes a medium for the portrayal of roles, fantasies, and desires, as well as for articulating critical demands.

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Jimmy DeSana, Coffee Table, 1979 © Jimmy DeSana Info: 8271px x 5941px / 9.01 MB / JPEG

Joke Reichel, In-der-Kind-Asana Neubrandenburg, 2024 © Joke Reichel Info: 3379px x 2828px / 2.70 MB / JPEG

Katharina Bosse, Untitled, 1999 © Katharina Bosse Info: 4805px x 6524px / 7.01 MB / JPEG

Jimmy de Sana, Panty Hose, 1978/1979 © Jimmy DeSana Trust Info: 4471px x 6083px / 4.48 MB / JPEG

Fergus Greer, ohne Titel (Leigh Bowery im Kostüm), o.J. © Fergus Greer Info: 4000px x 4937px / 5.08 MB / JPEG

Herb Ritts, Dijmon with Octopus, 1985 © Herb Ritts Foundation courtesy Camera Work Gallery Info: 6644px x 8109px / 7.30 MB / JPEG

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