MARIA NORRMAN | “?Lind? and Jane Avril”
OPEN | 26-27-28-29 October 2023, 16:00-20:00
ENTRY | Free
INFO | residencies@zaratan.pt
We are pleased to present “?Lind? and Jane Avril”, a flash exhibition by Maria Norrman, artist in residency at Zaratan.
Her recent work has been centered on the forgotten Swedish female impersonator/drag queen ?Lind? (John Lind, 1877-1944). She has also continued working with French dancer Jane Avril (1868-1943) with whom she has an ongoing project since 2003.
Norrman aims to find one or several ways to bring them back from obscurity.
The research around these characters take the shape of video-performance, photos, textile and mixed media works. While her investigation on ?Lind? mainly focuses on his story, his dances and costumes, for Jane Avril, Maria has made a textile work in devotion to her life as an elderly woman, a continuation of previous work.
BIO: Maria Norrman (b.1987) is a Swedish visual artist who works with video and photography in combination with performance and costume making. She received her MFA from Malmö Art Academy, Sweden, in 2013.
Norrman often uses herself and different characters in her work which allows her to put her appearance and gender expressions in relation to the participants. The works explore the meeting between hers and other people’s fantasies and topics such as war history, gender and sexuality.
Norrman often works with long term projects such as her drag persona Millennium Star, which was created in 2012, and her 20+ years ongoing obsessive relation to French dancer Jane Avril (1868-1943.)
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