Since the late 1970s, Astrid Klein has been active as a standard-bearer in Europe for “the Pictures Generation” in America, which is said to have played an important role in postmodernism. Using montage and likening techniques that borrow from the grammar of the film language, Klein’s works attempt to expose the problems hidden behind the relationship between image and text across paintings, collages, photographs and installations. In recent years, they have received new attention. The str…
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