Barbara Hammer was born in Hollywood in 1939. Her documentary and experimental films are considered among the earliest and most extensive representations of lesbian identity, love, and sexuality. Accompanying her career as a filmmaker, Hammer has time and again worked with performance and installation. She has participated in group exhibitions such as the Whitney Biennial in 1993, the WACK! show at MOCA L.A. and MoMA PS1 in 2007/2008. With film retrospectives at New York’s MoMA in 2010 and the Tate Modern, London, in 2012, the artworld's interest in Hammer's work has recently increased. Hammer has been a teacher for many years and held a professorship at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee (CH). She died in 2019.

Full Biography

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• Barbara Hammer & Oswald Oberhuber  ›  Sep 17 – Nov 6, 2016

• Out Of The Dark  ›  Jun 26 – Jul 31, 2016

• A Summer Of Films  ›  Jun 28 – Jul 26, 2015

• Have A Crush  ›  Jan 10 – Feb 14, 2015

• Dignity  ›  Feb 16 – Apr 14, 2013

• Barbara Hammer  ›  Feb 12 – Mar 17, 2011

• Contribution to Light. The Early Works of Barbara Hammer  ›  Sep 13, 2018 – Jan 31, 2019

• LISTE BASEL 2016  ›  Jun 14 – Jun 19, 2016

• SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL AT KOW  ›  Jun 28 – Jun 28, 2015

• KOW ISSUE 12: Screening & Lecture by Barbara Hammer  ›  Feb 7 – Feb 7, 2015

• ART BRUSSELS 2017  ›  Apr 21 – Apr 23, 2017

• VIENNA CONTEMPORARY 2016  ›  Sep 22 – Sep 25, 2016

• ART COLOGNE 2016  ›  Apr 14 – Apr 17, 2016

• ARTISSIMA TURIN 2015  ›  Nov 6 – Nov 8, 2015

• ART COLOGNE 2013  ›  Apr 19 – Apr 22, 2013

• INDEPENDENT NEW YORK 2013  ›  Mar 7 – Mar 10, 2013

• ART COLOGNE 2012  ›  Apr 18 – Apr 22, 2012

• FIAC PARIS 2011  ›  Oct 20 – Oct 22, 2011

• ARCO MADRID 2018  ›  Feb 21 – Feb 25, 2018

• ART BASEL 2018  ›  Jun 12 – Jun 17, 2018

• VIENNA CONTEMPORARY 2018  ›  Sep 26 – Sep 29, 2018

• ARTISSIMA TURIN 2018  ›  Nov 2 – Nov 4, 2018

• ART DÜSSELDORF 2018  ›  Nov 15 – Nov 17, 2018

• ARCO MADRID 2019  ›  Feb 27 – Mar 3, 2019

• ART BASEL 2019  ›  Jun 12 – Jun 16, 2019