Heidi Hatry

                                 

Welcome                                                                   They say the human face is the door to the soul. Heads and Tales gives a moving and original view on this subject. Who are we really?                                                                                                                                                                Marina Abramovic                        Heide Hatry is a force of nature. She is an artist and a humanist who is making a selfless contribution to life. And that is what art has always been about.                                                                                                                                   Joel-Peter Witkin                                                                                    http://www.heidehatry.com The portraits in Heads and Tales are photographic documentations of sculptures Hatry created out of animal skin and body parts. She invited a number of writers to select the image of one of her women and create a life for her. As the work addresses issues of violence, death and gender identity, the writing reflects similar concerns as they are specific to women. “Finding a way to be a woman is finding a way to live with fatal knowledge,” says Catharine MacKinnon in her introduction, and Hatry and her collaborators speak that fatal knowledge which others are at pains to suppress.                                   Exhibitions are held in conjunction with the release of the book Heads and Tales, (CHARTA, Milan/New York, 2009), a collaborative anthology with an Introduction by Catharine MacKinnon, Heads by Heide Hatry and Tales by Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro, Roberta Allen, Jennifer Belle, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Svetlana Boym, Rebecca Brown, Mary Caponegro, Thalia Field, Lo Galluccio, Diana George, Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, Jessica Hagedorn, Elizabeth Hand, Heather Hartley, Joanna Howard, Katia Kapovich, Lydia Millet, Micaela Morrissette, Carol Novack, Julie Oakes, Barbara Purcell, Selah Saterstrom, Johannah Schmid, Iris Smyles, Luisa Valenzuela, Anna Wexler and Can Xue.                                                                  Current:                                Staatsarchiv Ludwigburg Arsenalplatz 3, 71638 Ludwigsburg, Germany    Artist books about James Joyce - Collection of Leo. J. M. Koenders.    September 30 - December 23                                Heads and Tales                                  Freies Museum Berlin, Potsdamer Straße 91, 10785 Berlin, Germany. +49 (0) 176 625 30 722 www.freiesmuseumberlin.com Solo show curated by Marianne Simon-Wagner and Judith Schmutzer. November 20 - December 15, 2009. Opening reception: November 20, 7pm Artist Talk: November 26, 7pm Readings: December 10, 7pm Closing reception: December 11, 7pm                                Breakthrough:                                 Reflections on the German Wall                                    HP Garcia Gallery, 580 Eighth Avenue @38th St, 7th floor, New York, NY  1 212 354 7333  www.hpgarciagallery.com                                  Group show curated by HP Garcia.  November 11 - December 24, 2009.   Opening reception: November 11, 6 -10pm                                Pandora's Boxes                                    CCCB (Contemporari Culture Center of Barcelona) and the Auditorium of Fundació Miró.                                  10th edition of the BAC, Barcelona Contemporari Art Festival.  www.cccb.org/ca/http://www.cccb.org/ca/                                  Audiovisual section Indomitable Women curated by Macu Moran.  December 1, 2009 - January 3, 2010.   Opening reception: December 1, 8pm                                                               Recent Reviews:                                Click to see Heide Hatry featured in the Village Voice, Eat Me Daily, Boston Phoenix, Harvard Crimson, Berkeley Beacon, and Flavorpill, TAIDE & DESIGN (cover and 16 page feature)