Claude Cahun used self-portraiture, photomontage and writing to destabilize fixed ideas of gender, identity and authorship. Working closely with Marcel Moore, Cahun also produced anti-Nazi resistance propaganda while living on Jersey during the German occupation.
Photography; photomontage; writing; performance
Major Works
- I am in training, don’t kiss me
- Self-Portrait (Shaved Head)
- What Do You Want from Me?
- Self-Portrait with Mirror
- Que me veux-tu?
- Aveux non avenus photomontages
- Untitled, 1927
- Self-Portrait in Sailor Costume
- Le Mystère d’Adam
- Resistance tracts and objects
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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