page_title: Gretta Sarfaty
section_title: Myth of Womanhood, 2001-2005
hierarchical_section_title: Gretta Sarfaty / Artistic career / London / Myth of Womanhood, 2001-2005
caption_attribution_description: English: Photography
context_page_description: Gretta Alegre Sarfaty also known as Gretta Grzywacz and Greta Sarfaty Marchant, is a painter, photographer and multimedia artist who earned international acclaim in the 1970s, from her artistic works related to Body art and Feminism. Born in Greece, she moved with her family to São Paulo in 1954. From 1976 she lives and works in London, São Paulo and New York. Alongside her art she was the founder of the project-led space, Sartorial Contemporary Art and since 2010 has been running a family trust the Alegre Sarfaty Collection.
  Gretta exhibited her work at institutions such as Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Instituto Moreira Salles, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Museo MACRO Asilo, Palazzo dei Diamanti di Ferrara, Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundação Vera Chaves Barcellos, Centre Georges Pompidou, Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, New York University, among others.
context_section_description: The title itself is a provocative statement by the artist in relation to the Female versus Feminism issue, and how the use and abuse of that subject has now become a cliché. The series consists of one photographic image which is duplicated several times to form a stimulating kaleidoscopic final picture. The Myth of Womanhood marks Gretta's return to performance art, however in this instance the performance is only for the camera.
caption: Gretta Sarfaty, 2001-2005. Myth of Womanhood: Crossarms. Photography.
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