RENE GROEBLI - DIE MUSCHEL Exposition au Musée gruérien03

Exposition au Musée gruérien03

I am not a naked hiker

through their staged composition

Jermann brings a deeply personal touch to his subjects

technique to achieve his purpose

RENE GROEBLI - DIE MUSCHEL Exposition au Musée gruérien03Made between 1984 and 1986, the photographs in Hidden Places are risky if not challenging. The German title: Die Muschel in English The Shell is intentionally allegorical. The Latin word vagina used in medicine to describe a part of the female body sounds too scientific to embrace emotional or poetic involvement. Where language reaches its limits, images can be helpful. Some of the early photographs of vulvas in art were taken by women. This marked an