Fashion Victim

A photo­graph sealed under plex­i­glass and mounted, (56cm x 94.5cm)

Since 2010, Tanya Ury has been working on the research project Who’s Boss – Empire’s New Clothes, as PhD. in Human­i­ties candi­date at Leiden Univer­sity, Insti­tute for Cultural Disci­plines (NL)

The photo­graph combines a German news­paper article (2000) on Hugo Boss the fashion concern and its origins and fascistic wartime activ­i­ties with a contem­po­rary Boss adver­tise­ment for ​‘Dark Blue’, a man’s toilet water.

The photo­graph combines a German news­paper article (2000) on Hugo Boss the fashion concern and its origins and fascistic wartime activ­i­ties with a contem­po­rary Boss adver­tise­ment for ​‘Dark Blue’, a man’s toilet water.

The German news­paper article by Wulf Reimer in the Süddeutsche Zeitung from January 2000, discusses the histor­ical research by Dr. Elis­a­beth Timm of the Boss rise to promi­nence under the Nazi Régime. After becoming a party member in 1931, Hugo Boss was priv­i­leged with a contract to make SS, SA (Storm Trooper) and HJ (Hitler Youth) uniforms. In the face of this back­ground, the adver­tise­ment for Dark Blue, a Hugo Boss men’s toilet water, with which the news­paper cutting is combined, is partic­u­larly cynical. A blue-tinted black and white image of a male model’s face, eyes down­cast, displaying a demonic, threat­ening look, is accom­pa­nied by the words ​‘the darker side of Hugo’.

Jacob’s Ladder – a collec­tion of works:

Who’s Boss — a collec­tion of works:


Presen­ta­tion

2002 Jacob’s Ladder (solo), Hochbunker Cologne-Ehren­feld (9th Nov. 2002 Cologne’s Long Museum’s Night) (D)

2005 ​“Always glad to be of service …”, ifa Galerie, Berlin (D)

2005 ​“Stets gern für Sie beschäftigt…” (”Always glad to be of service…”), Prora Doku­men­ta­tion­szen­trum, Rügen (D)

2005 ​“Stets gern für Sie beschäftigt…” (“Always glad to be of service…”), Kunstverein Rosen­heim (D) (Art Centre), Opening 9th November

2005, 19 hours. The exhi­bi­tion is from 9th November till 6th January 2006

2006 (26.7. – 9.8.) Solo exhi­bi­tion, Seminar in the exhi­bi­tion, Tüzraktér Inde­pen­dent Cultural Centre, Budapest (HU)

2006 (28.8. – 3.9.) Who’s Boss as Seminar presen­ta­tion, c.sides Festival, Jerusalem ICC (Inter­na­tional Conven­tion Center)(IL)

2006 (3.11. – 24.11.) Solo exhi­bi­tion, 9 – 12 hours work­shop with pupils from the Anne-Frank-Realschule (secondary modern). Opening 20 Uhr 3.11., Bochumer Kulturrat, (D)

2007 (4. – 7.4) Who’s Boss power point presen­ta­tion Saturday, April 7th, 8:00 – 9:30 a.m., Salon K , Fashion, Appear­ance and Consumer Iden­tity, Popular Culture Asso­ci­a­tion, Thirty-seventh Annual Meeting, Boston Marriott, Boston (USA) www​.popu​lar​cul​ture​.org

2008 (16. – 18.5) Who’s Boss power point presen­ta­tion in German, Limmud-Festival Werbellinsee (Jugen­der­hol­ungs- und Begeg­nungsstätte) www​.limmud​.de (D)

Publi­ca­tions & Press

2005 (16.2.) Article: Es fährt ein Bus nach Sach­sen­hausen — Die dunkle Seite von Hugo Boss (There’s a bus driving to Sach­sen­hausen — the dark side of Hugo boss), by Brigitte Werneburg, TAZ news­paper (D) more
2005 (25.2.) Review with photo still Röslein sprach…, ​“Hugo’s dunklere Seite” (Hugo’s dark side) article by Martin Conrads, Netzeitung​.de, Voice of Germany (D) more

www​.netzeitung​.de

2005 (3) Article: Neue Liter­atur, Palästina Journal Nr. 61 (New Liter­a­ture, Pales­tine Journal No. 61), by Thea Geinitz (D) more
2011 (9.5.) Presen­ta­tion of the exhi­bi­tion Jacob’s Ladder mentioned in the Veedel (Neigh­bour­hood) Website: ​“Hochbunker Körn­er­straße: Ein beson­derer Ort für beson­dere Kunst” (The Above Ground Bunker in Koerner Street: A Special Place for Special Art), by Jürgen Brock-Milden­berger 4veedel​.de/ Cologne (D)

Jacob’s Ladder:

Who’s Boss:

Fashion Victim

Artist’s Writ­ings & Publications

2005 Thorn in the side, inter­view by Amin Farzanefar, with image Art Prize No. 4, Zeitschrift für Kultur Austausch (Maga­zine for Cultural Exchange) (D) more

2005 (1.4.) Who’s Boss project presented in Anti-Flick-Collec­tion Edition

of Texte zur Kunst, in the TAZ news­paper, Berlin (D)

2005 ​“Stets gern für Sie beschäftigt…” (”Always glad to be of service…”) cata­logue, ifa Galerie, Berlin (D)

2006 (14−18.6) Who’s Boss as archival mate­rial, Performing Rights Library a four-day confer­ence and accom­pa­nying programme of live events Perfor­mance Studies inter­na­tional (PSi) #12: Performing Rights, Queen Mary, Univer­sity of London (GB)

2007 (7) Publi­ca­tion of Who’s Boss article in Translate/​Narrate issue, volume 20, n.paradoxa, Inter­na­tional Femi­nist Art Journal, London (GB)

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