WOMAN IN GREEN
“The Hollow” (Agatha Christie, 1946) is a classic country house mystery and yet an unusual novel for its time because of its many female protagonists and its psychology-driven narrative. Women of “The Hollow” are expected to behave according to convention: the dazzling Hollywood actress; the aristocratic lady of the house; the stubbornly independent working girl. The key to the puzzle lies in understanding that the characters’ true motivations contradict their assigned identities: at first glance a murder mystery, “The Hollow” is actually a feminist and social critique.
Within this variety of characters, the exhibition focuses on the sculptress Henrietta Savernake. By appropriating parts of the novel that convey Henrietta’s inner dialogue and her yearning and failure to realize her sculpture, “Woman in Green” examines an image of a woman artist as perceived by her surroundings. The moody, coffee-drinking, introspective Henrietta is being observed: by the novel’s author, its readers, and now the film’s audience.
“The Hollow” (Agatha Christie, 1946) is a classic country house mystery and yet an unusual novel for its time because of its many female protagonists and its psychology-driven narrative. Women of “The Hollow” are expected to behave according to convention: the dazzling Hollywood actress; the aristocratic lady of the house; the stubbornly independent working girl. The key to the puzzle lies in understanding that the characters’ true motivations contradict their assigned identities: at first glance a murder mystery, “The Hollow” is actually a feminist and social critique.
Within this variety of characters, the exhibition focuses on the sculptress Henrietta Savernake. By appropriating parts of the novel that convey Henrietta’s inner dialogue and her yearning and failure to realize her sculpture, “Woman in Green” examines an image of a woman artist as perceived by her surroundings. The moody, coffee-drinking, introspective Henrietta is being observed: by the novel’s author, its readers, and now the film’s audience.
Varnished steel, concrete, uncoated sheet steel, climbing rope, chalk, digital C-print, spray paint
Woman in Green, 2022
Video 6 min 31 sec
Concept and art by Nika Kupyrova
Directed and camera by Gerald Zahn
Voice by Rosie Waites
Photography by Janine Schranz
Exhibition views at Bildraum 07 (Vienna, 2022)
Watch at Ursula Blickle Video Archive
Woman in Green, 2022
Video 6 min 31 sec
Concept and art by Nika Kupyrova
Directed and camera by Gerald Zahn
Voice by Rosie Waites
Photography by Janine Schranz
Exhibition views at Bildraum 07 (Vienna, 2022)
Watch at Ursula Blickle Video Archive
