Marianna Rothen

Born in Canada (1982)

Lives and Works in New York

Rothen uses her photographs, films and installations to explore and deconstruct conventional conceptions of female beauty and gender politics. Screenings and solo exhibitions of her work have been organized at Steven Kasher Gallery in New York, Polka Galerie in Paris, Biennale Images Vevey, Galerie Stephan Witschi in Zurich, The Little Black Gallery, London, Ingrid Deuss gallery in Antwerp and Kaune Contemporary in Cologne. Her work has been the subject of four monographs; Snow and Rose & other tales, Shadows in Paradise, Mail Order and Making It Real all published by b.frank books. Rothen's films include Like a Dream (2024), Mail Order (2019), The Woman with a Crown (2014) and Desert of June (2014). Her work has been featured in Apartamento Magazine, The New Yorker, Upstate Diary, New York Magazine, The Paris Review, Vogue, Photoworks, Elephant, Interview, AnOther and Huffington Post.

Works

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo, 2019

Installation, Male mannequins (fiberglass and plastic), wigs, moustaches, clothing, fabric, plastic food, aluminum cans, cigarettes, wood, table, chairs, picture frames, glass, photographs, tape

Dimensions variable

Babyface
Babyface, 2017

Archival pigment print

25 x 25 in.

Edition of 4/5 + 1 A.P.

Making It Real
Making It Real, 1997-2024

Installation, photos, diary entries, and model tear sheets from the series, ‘Making It Real’, 2020 and ‘Like a Dream’

The Italian
The Italian, 2017

Archival pigment print

17 x 17 in.

A.P.

Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day, 2020

Archival pigment print

Diary entry 6 x 8 in.

Photograph 20 x 15 in.

Frame 21 ¼ 24 ¼ in.

Edition of 1/5 + 1 A.P.

Glory Daze
Glory Daze, 2020

Diary entry 6 x 8 in.

Photograph 20 x 15 in.

Frame 21 ¼ 24 ¼ in.

Edition of 1/5 + 1 A.P.

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