- Elke Krystufek
Elke Krystufek (b. Austria, 1970) is a contemporary Austrian artist who creates self portraiture in a variety of media.
Life
Krystufek studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Vienna in the early 1990s. Her work is informed by a history of Austrian artists - from
Egon Schiele to theVienna Actionists - who have explicitly explored sexuality in art.Work
Krystufek works across a variety of performative media including photographs, videos, paintings, and mannequin installations. Her work often involves issues of
narcissism and self-censorship in the audience, by fusing popular culture with a personal sexual iconography.In 2000 one of her self-portrait masturbation
video art works [http://www.flashartonline.com/NEWS/23_11_CAPC.htm was cited in a French court case] that eventually led to the gallery curators concerned being brought before the courts in December 2006.Further reading in English
* Sammlung Essl (2003). "Nackt & Mobil - Elke Krystufek". ISBN 3-902001-10-0
* BAWAG Foundation (2004). "Elke Krystufek".
* Grosenick, Uta. (2001). "Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century".External links
* [http://www.sammlung-essl.at/englisch/kultur/archiv/krystufek-e.html Naked & Mobile - Elke Krystufek] exhibition at the
Essl Collection (Klosterneuburg 2003).
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/9869/elke-krystufek.html Elke Krystufek on ArtNet] . Exhibitions listing and bibliography.
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