In the turbulent Berlin of the 1920s the artist Marta Astfalck-Vietz (1901–1994) produced an iridescent range of selfenactments, dance photography and narrative series. In her idiosyn cratic depictions she embodied different characters, experimented with fabrics, challenged female role models and alluded critically to the radical changes of the period. In collaboration with Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983) she drew on techniques such as distortion, double exposure and shadow play to create innovative photographs.
The exhibition features about 140 works including her naturalistic watercolours of plants. A single-channel video by Andreas Langfeld and Sophie Thun enriches the presentation of this remarkable artist.
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Untitled (Selfportrait), c. 1927, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 2 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Untitled (Selfportrait), c. 1927, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 1 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, The legs of the dancer Daisy Spies, c. 1929, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 2 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, The figures from the artist’s ashtray, c. 1930, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 3 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Heinz Hajek-Halke, Untitled, c. 1927, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 / © Heinz Hajek-Halke Collection, Courtesy CHAUSSEE 36 (JPG, 3 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz und Heinz Hajek-Halke, Untitled, c. 1927, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 / © Heinz Hajek-Halke Collection, Courtesy CHAUSSEE 36 (JPG, 4 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Poppy, c. 1942, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 3 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Untitled, from the series: Courtesy, undated, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 3 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Untitled (The Companionate Marriage), c. 1930, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 2 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Suicide in Spirits, c. 1927, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 3 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Untitled, c. 1927, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 3 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Untitled, c. 1927, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 2 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Untiteld, um 1927, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 3 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Untitled, after 1929, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 2 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Untitled, c. 1927, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 1 MB)
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Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Ohne Titel, um 1927, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 (JPG, 3 MB)
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