Gallery Talk: Katharina Sieverding: Transformer

Katharina Sieverding’s Transformer (1973–74) is a monumental slide projection that cycles through images that combine the artist’s face with that of her collaborator, Klaus Mettig. Curatorial fellow Peter Murphy will discuss the history of this work—including a more recent iteration, Transformer Cyan Solarisation 1973/74 (2023), that is also on view—and its exploration of gender as an evolving and expansive spectrum rather than a fixed and binary category. This talk focuses on the installation Katharina Sieverding: Transformer, in Gallery 1120.

This gallery talk is part of the New on View series, highlighting recent gallery installations and presenting new insights into recent acquisitions or old favorites. Leading this discussion is Peter Murphy, Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art. Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Space is limited, and talks are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.