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Cahn studied at Gewerbeschule in Basle from 1968 to 1975.
Cahn's work
Cahn's paintings and drawings incorporate feminism themes and female rituals; featuring "violent and shocking representations of sexual organs". They are often created using unorthodox methods. Cahn's first exhibition was Being a Women in My Public Role in 1979. Cahn's first exhibition in the United States was at the Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City, in 2011. Cahn's work has been said to show influence by the Neo-Expressionism movement.
Collections
Being a Woman is My Public Role. 1979.
Classical Love. 1983.
Wild Love. 1984.
Relations. 1989/90.
Schlafen. 1997.
Räumlichich. 2010-11.
Individual Exhibitions
Stampa, Basel, 1977, 1979, 1981
Wach Raum 1, Konrad Fischer, Zurich, 1982
Das Klassische Lieben, Kunsthalle Basel, 1983
Das Klassische Lieben, Musée la Chaux-de-Fonds, 1984
Das Klassische Lieben, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, 1984
Das Klassische Lieben, Stampa, Basel, 1984
Strategische Orte, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, and Kunstmuseum, Bonn, 1985
Strategische Orte, Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zurich, 1985
Strategische Orte, DAAD, Berlin, 1986
Strategische Orte, Stampa, Basel, 1986
Lesen in Staub/Strategische Orte, Galerie Schmela, Dusseldorf, 1987
Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, 1987
Galerie Vorsetzen, Hamberg, 1987
Stampa, Basel, 1987
Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zurich, 1988
Van de Loo, Munich, 1988
Lesen in Staub, Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, 1988
Lesen in Staub, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 1988
Lesen in Staub/Weibliche Monate, Kunstverein Hannover, 1988
Crosscurrents in Swiss Art, Serpentine Gallery, London, 1984
Biennial, Sydney, 1986
Triennal de Dibuix, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, 1989
Zur Sache Selbst, Künstlerinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts Museum, Wiesbaden, 1990
Centre d'Art Contemporian, Geneva, 1994
From Beyond the Pale, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 1994
Where Is Abel, Thy Brother? National Gallery of Contemporary Art Zacheta, Warsaw, 1995
Reception
Jörg Scheller describes Cahn as a "feminist who likes to fight." Schorgg comments that Cahn's pieces have a tone he describes as a "deceptive calm", though Export et al. note the "wild sketching" as a key element to the tension between cultural influences in her work.
In 1998 Cahn won the Käthe Kollwitz Prize awarded by the Academy of Arts, Berlin.