Human Condition: The Limits of Our Freedom

Raffaella Cortese is glad to present the third solo exhibition by Czech-born Canadian artist Jana Sterbak in the two gallery spaces, in Via Stradella 1 and 7. Even though she is mainly known for her performance works from the second half of the 70’s and 80’s, dealing primarily with the issues of power and sexuality, her production is characterized by great experimentation and it spreads between different media, including sculpture, installation, photography, video.

After her participation to the collective exhibition Les Papesses in Avignone, in the prestigious Pope’s palace and at Lambert Foundation, some of her historical works, like the drawings from the 80’s, will be exhibited in Milan next to more recent sculptures. The show will be centered on the metaphors of the human condition, an issue Sterbak has been investigating since the early 90, and in particular on the impossibility for the body to move because of obstructing structures, realized by the artist.