Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Martha Rosler, 1981: The year the future began” is on view at Galerie Nagel Draxler in Cologne, Germany, through Friday, August 31. The solo exhibition, curated by Jorge Ribalta, presents work that the artist took in 1981, based on her travels to Mexico, Cuba, and Washington, D.C., for a demonstration opposing U.S. intervention in El Salvador.
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Martha Rosler, from the "Mexico Series," 1981.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE NAGEL DRAXLER, COLOGNE/BERLIN
Martha Rosler, from the "Mexico Series," 1981.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE NAGEL DRAXLER, COLOGNE/BERLIN
Martha Rosler, from the "Mexico Series," 1981.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE NAGEL DRAXLER, COLOGNE/BERLIN
Martha Rosler, from the "Mexico Series," 1981.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE NAGEL DRAXLER, COLOGNE/BERLIN
Martha Rosler, from the "Mexico Series," 1981.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE NAGEL DRAXLER, COLOGNE/BERLIN
Martha Rosler, Cars, 1981.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE NAGEL DRAXLER, COLOGNE/BERLIN
Martha Rosler, Revolutionary Signs, Cmagüey and Havana, 1981.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE NAGEL DRAXLER, COLOGNE/BERLIN
Martha Rosler, Soviet Sailors at El Morro, 1981.
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Installation view of "Martha Rosler, 1981: The year the future began," 2018, at, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne.
SIMON VOGEL, COLOGNE/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE NAGEL DRAXLER, COLOGNE/BERLIN
Installation view of "Martha Rosler, 1981: The year the future began," 2018, at, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne.
SIMON VOGEL, COLOGNE/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE NAGEL DRAXLER, COLOGNE/BERLIN
Installation view of "Martha Rosler, 1981: The year the future began," 2018, at, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne.
SIMON VOGEL, COLOGNE/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE NAGEL DRAXLER, COLOGNE/BERLIN
Installation view of "Martha Rosler, 1981: The year the future began," 2018, at, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne.
SIMON VOGEL, COLOGNE/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIE NAGEL DRAXLER, COLOGNE/BERLIN