XENIA HAUSNER
FEMALE MEASURE

GALLERI WÜRTH, HAGAN, NORWAY 
12 OCTOBER 2023 – 28 APRIL 2024 

Xenia Hausner's FEMALE MEASURE at Galleri Würth is the first major presentation of the works of Xenia Hausner to a Norwegian audience. 
Xenia Hausner
Choice of Arms, 2022
oil on paper on Dibond
290 x 199 cm
114 1/8 x 78 3/8 in
unique
Her paintings show a distinctive approach to figurative performance, where interpersonal relationships play out in vivid colours and large formats. The various scenes give us fragments of narratives that force the viewer to reflect what has happened before and what might happen after the moment depicted. 
Thematically, the exhibition focuses on the female gaze, which creates a complex interaction between artist and model, and between viewer and painting. For centuries, art history has been defined by the male gaze - Hausner shows us an alternative female world, where women represent every identity and narrate every story. 

FEATURED ARTIST

XENIA HAUSNER
Xenia Hausner (b. 1951 in Vienna, Austria) lives and works in Vienna and Berlin. She studied stage design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. From 1977 to 1992 she was a successful set designer for international theatre and opera productions. In 1992 Hausner began focusing exclusively on her painting practice. She is also a founding member of Women Without Borders.

Hausner‘s work has been shown in numerous museum solo and group exhibitions, such as at Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria (2023); Galleri Würth, Hagan, Norway (2023); Art Contemporani, CC Andratx, Spain (2022); Franz Gertsc...
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