/internal/media/dispatcher/124746/fullOne of the things I always ask my straight students is how their heterosexuality influences their work.1997/2018[Matthias Herrmann]Matthias HerrmannC-Print laminated on aluminum, framed, UV glass In the early 1990s, Matthias Herrmann began working on photographic selfportrayals, which he titled Text Pieces, which address and challenge clichéd social roles, traditional gender and identity stereotypes, and prevailing ideals of beauty. The subject is not so much the artist himself but rather the human condition in modern consumer society, with all its superficialities and prejudices. As an openly gay artist, Herrmann uses direct language and irony to expose his own body to the glaring spotlight of a public that still primarily associates homosexuality—and gay men in particular—with the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. Herrmann’s provocative works humorously subvert heteronormative conventions.Photographyhttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/87118/rdf