RENE GROEBLI - DIE MUSCHEL shows female genitals in brilliant

shows female genitals in brilliant sharpness and lets the contours melt into nature

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second-wave feminism

of fleeting moments of happiness and eternal natural cycles

passionate observer and stroyteller

RENE GROEBLI - DIE MUSCHEL shows female genitals in brilliantMade between 1984 and 1986, the photographs in Hidden Places are risky if not challenging. The German title: Die Muschel in English The Shell is intentionally allegorical. The Latin word vagina used in medicine to describe a part of the female body sounds too scientific to embrace emotional or poetic involvement. Where language reaches its limits, images can be helpful. Some of the early photographs of vulvas in art were taken by women. This marked an