Renate Bertlmann

(Austrian, born 1943)

Renate Bertlmann is a Austrian visual artist best known for her avant-garde style and focus on feminist themes. Often compared to Cindy Sherman, Francesca Woodman, and Birgit Jürgenssen, Bertlmann’s work explores sexuality, love, gender, and eroticism within a social context, oftentime employing the use of pornographic imagery and props. Examples include her Tender Touches (1976) photography series, and her famed 1978 performance piece Pregnant Bride with Collection Bag, which featured Bertlmann dressed as a pregnant bride, asking visitors for money towards the upkeep of a holy relic on display. Born in Vienna, Austria in 1943, Bertlmann studied painting, conservation, and technology at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna from 1964 to 1970. Linda Nochlin’s seminal 1971 essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” had a great influence on Bertlmann, it “woke her from a Sleeping Beauty slumber,” the artist explained. Around this time, she also became involved with the Women’s Liberation Movement, “the engagement with female creativity, the analyses of patriarchal mechanisms of repression, and all the personal experiences connected with this.” Bertlmann has been featured in many exhibitions, including the 2015 The World Goes Pop at London's Tate Modern, and the 2019 Venice Biennale, where she was selected to represent Austria. She currently lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

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Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife-Rose, 2019

Renate Bertlmann

Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife-Rose, 2019

Sale Date: March 12, 2024

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Zärtliche Berührugen [Tender Touches], 1976

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Zärtliche Berührugen [Tender Touches], 1976

Sale Date: February 29, 2024

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Tranquilizer, 2019

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Tranquilizer, 2019

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife-Rose, 2019

Renate Bertlmann

Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife-Rose, 2019

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Omaggio a Vittorio de Sica, 1974

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Omaggio a Vittorio de Sica, 1974

Sale Date: May 15, 2023

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Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife-Rose, 2019

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Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife-Rose, 2019

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife-Rose, 2019

Renate Bertlmann

Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife-Rose, 2019

Sale Date: December 19, 2022

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„Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife Rose”, 2019

Renate Bertlmann

„Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife Rose”, 2019

Sale Date: December 1, 2022

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Zärtliche Pantomime 1-4, 1976–2012

Renate Bertlmann

Zärtliche Pantomime 1-4, 1976–2012

Sale Date: November 7, 2022

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Ohne Titel (aus der Serie „Gräber, Funde,..., 1985

Renate Bertlmann

Ohne Titel (aus der Serie „Gräber, Funde,..., 1985

Sale Date: September 26, 2022

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Tranquilizer, 2019

Renate Bertlmann

Tranquilizer, 2019

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Tranquilizer, 2019

Renate Bertlmann

Tranquilizer, 2019

Sale Date: July 14, 2021

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Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife-Rose, 2019

Renate Bertlmann

Discordo Ergo Sum: Knife-Rose, 2019

Sale Date: July 14, 2021

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Untitled, 1973

Renate Bertlmann

Untitled, 1973

Sale Date: May 5, 2021

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Tranquilizer, 2019

Renate Bertlmann

Tranquilizer, 2019

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Knife Rose. 2019, 2019

Renate Bertlmann

Knife Rose. 2019, 2019

Sale Date: September 24, 2020

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Discordo Ergo Sum, Knife Rose, 2019

Renate Bertlmann

Discordo Ergo Sum, Knife Rose, 2019

Sale Date: March 24, 2020

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Discordo Ergo Sum, Knife Rose Discordo Ergo..., 2019

Renate Bertlmann

Discordo Ergo Sum, Knife Rose Discordo Ergo..., 2019

Sale Date: December 6, 2019

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Boris lügt (Boris is Lying), 1974

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Boris lügt (Boris is Lying), 1974

Sale Date: November 26, 2019

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Der wassersüchtige Onkel wird abgezapft..., 1973

Renate Bertlmann

Der wassersüchtige Onkel wird abgezapft..., 1973

Sale Date: December 4, 2019

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Untitled, 1973

Renate Bertlmann

Untitled, 1973

Sale Date: December 4, 2019

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Untitled, 1974

Renate Bertlmann

Untitled, 1974

Sale Date: October 26, 2019

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Desert (aus der Serie Kaktus mit Doppelpenis), 1999

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Desert (aus der Serie Kaktus mit Doppelpenis), 1999

Sale Date: September 23, 2019

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Performance:

Renate Bertlmann

Performance: "Die schwangere Brand"..., 1977–1978

Sale Date: April 14, 2019

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