{"id":2163,"date":"2021-06-08T22:08:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T20:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=2163"},"modified":"2021-06-08T22:31:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T20:31:04","slug":"claude-cahun","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/artist\/claude-cahun\/","title":{"rendered":"Claude Cahun"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"block block-headline\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-1 col-md-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box text-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class='stagger-item'>1894 \u2013 1954 \/ French author and surrealist photographer<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-quote\"  style=\"--color-base: #e1b65e;\">\n\t<figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-11 col-md-10\" > <!--data-motion-text='{\"child\":\"blockquote\"}'-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"zeplin-quote stagger-item\">\u201cUnder this mask, another mask. I will never be finished removing all these faces.\u201d\u00a0<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-11 col-md-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"zeplin-quoteName uppercase padding-top-sixth padding-bottom-sixth\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClaude Cahun\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zeplin-quoteName_line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zeplin-quoteName_line_fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 8\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>With two cute curls framing her brow and a painted heart on each cheek \u2013 this is how Claude Cahun chose to appear in her self-portrait. Yet this rather coquettish pose conceals just how politically radical and ground-breaking Cahun\u2019s art really was.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"block block-headline margin-bottom-third\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class='stagger-item'>Artistic self-discovery<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 8\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>In her younger years, Cahun turned her hand to many different artistic endeavours, including writing, photography, collage, and theatre. Her artistic journey of self-discovery was encouraged by her wealthy upper-middle class family. Shortly after her birth in 1894, Cahun was sent to live with her grandmother in Nantes, but her father and uncle \u2013 both of whom were politically active newspaper publishers \u2013 were to influence her greatly as well.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 1909 Cahun met her stepsister Suzanne, who would become her closest ally and subsequent romantic partner. From 1913, Suzanne called herself Marcel Moore and in 1920 Cahun formally renounced her given female name to become Claude Cahun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-quote\"  style=\"--color-base: #000000;\">\n\t<figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-11 col-md-10\" > <!--data-motion-text='{\"child\":\"blockquote\"}'-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"zeplin-quote stagger-item\">\u201cShuffle the cards. Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation\u201d<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-11 col-md-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"zeplin-quoteName uppercase padding-top-sixth padding-bottom-sixth\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2015\u00a0Claude Cahun in her autobiography \u201cDisavowels\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zeplin-quoteName_line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zeplin-quoteName_line_fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"block block-headline margin-bottom-third\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class='stagger-item'>Work in the surrealists\u2019 circle<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The couple moved to Paris where they ran an artists\u2019 salon. During this period, Cahun studied at the Sorbonne. In this new environment they gained access to the circle of surrealists that included Andr\u00e9 Breton, Jacqueline Lamba and Ren\u00e9 Crevel, while also developing close ties to other queer intellectuals. During this time Claude Cahun created many of her impressive and innovative self-portraits, though she was only ever to publish one of these images during her lifetime.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-standard-image block-standard-image-medium\"  data-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"masking\":true,\"breakpoint\":{\"tablet\":true,\"desktop\":true},\"full\":{\"y\":[-15,15]}}'> <!-- data-motion-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"tween\":{\"yPercent\": [-15,15]}}' -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template>\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_662f42fca822e\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928-237x300.jpg\",\"width\":237,\"height\":300,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928-808x1024.jpg\",\"width\":808,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928-768x974.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":974,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928-1211x1536.jpg\",\"width\":1211,\"height\":1536,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928-1615x2048.jpg\",\"width\":1615,\"height\":2048,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928-347x440.jpg\",\"width\":347,\"height\":440,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928-457x580.jpg\",\"width\":457,\"height\":580,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928-568x720.jpg\",\"width\":568,\"height\":720,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928-1010x1280.jpg\",\"width\":1010,\"height\":1280,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928-1514x1920.jpg\",\"width\":1514,\"height\":1920,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Claude-Cahun_Autoportrait_1928.jpg\",\"width\":1900,\"height\":2409}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"Trailer abspielen\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:126.78947368421%; \" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"block block-headline margin-bottom-third\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class='stagger-item'>Courage in words and images<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cahun and Moore worked together closely in their photographic and literary activities, often allowing the two art forms to merge into one another. Beyond these collaborative projects, Cahun was involved with Pierre Albert-Birot\u2019s surrealist theatre ensemble and also with the first homosexual newspaper in France.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Her texts are highly political. Her left-wing anarchist sympathies placed her in clear opposition to fascism and until 1936 she was active with Andr\u00e9 Breton, Georges Bataille and others under the collective name \u201cContre-Attaque\u201d, creating flyers that condemned fascism and the popular front in French politics.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"block block-headline margin-bottom-third\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class='stagger-item'>Escape and resistance<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cahun came from a Jewish family and was sent to boarding school in Britain in her youth because of the anti-Semitism she experienced in France. In 1937 she fled to the island of Jersey (UK) together with Marcel Moore and from that point on they both took an active role in the Resistance. The German Army occupied the Channel Islands in 1940, and in 1944 they were both arrested and sentenced to death. Many of Cahun\u2019s photographs and negatives were destroyed. Following 10 months in prison, the two artists were released when Jersey was liberated in 1945.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\t<section class=\"block block-headline margin-bottom-third\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class='stagger-item'>Feminist rediscovery<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy  copy-small bg-no \">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-3 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cahun died at the age of just 60 years old in 1954. It wasn\u2019t until the 1980s that her work was rediscovered \u2013 inspired by the second wave of feminism and the resulting discourse around the lived experience of one\u2019s gender.v<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French author and surrealist photographer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2202,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/2163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/2163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2204,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/2163\/revisions\/2204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostwomenart.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}