Deborah De Robertis (born 12 February 1984) is a performance artist and photographer from Luxembourg.[1] She studied at the School of Graphic Research in Belgium and as of May 2020 was living in Brussels.[citation needed]
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Biography
editDe Robertis was born in Luxembourg on 12 February 1984.[1]
Work
editIn 2014, media attention was initially drawn to her when she executed "Mirror of Origin", an impromptu performance in which she exposed her genitals at the Musée d'Orsay in front of Gustave Courbet's painting L'Origine du monde.[2][3]
In 2016, she posed nude at the Musée d'Orsay in front of Édouard Manet's Olympia.[3][4]
In 2018, De Robertis organized a happening during a yellow vests movement demonstration in Paris. Along with four other women dressed as Marianne, the symbolic figure of the French Republic, covered with silver paint and bare-chested, she stood silently facing a riot squad.[5][6]
In May 2024, De Robertis organized a protest during which five works at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, including L'Origine du monde and an embroidered work by Annette Messager, were defaced with the words "Me too".[7][8]
See also
edit- Olympia (1865), painting by Édouard Manet
- L'Origine du monde (1866), painting by Gustave Courbet
- Marianne, French national symbol
References
edit- ^ a b "Deborah De Robertis". International Film Festival Rotterdam. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- ^ Nelson, Sara C (11 June 2014). "Vaginas In Art Are OK But Not In Real Life, Finds Deborah De Robertis". Huffington Post UK. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- ^ a b "Naked artist detained after Musee d'Orsay 'performance' in Paris". ABC News (Australia). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- ^ "Naked artist Deborah de Robertis arrested for posing nude next to Manet's Olympia". The Guardian. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- ^ de Poulpiquet, Philippe (15 December 2018). "Gilets jaunes : des Marianne seins nus sur les Champs-Elysées" (in French). Le Parisien. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^ Vely, Yannick (15 December 2018). "La "Marianne" des gilets jaunes est l'artiste Deborah de Robertis" (in French). Paris Match. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
- ^ "Painting of vagina by French artist Gustave Courbet sprayed with 'MeToo' graffiti". The Guardian. 7 May 2024.
- ^ Gareth Harris (May 7, 2024). "Courbet's 'The Origin of the World' daubed with Me Too at Centre Pompidou-Metz". The Art Newspaper.
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