Karolin Klüppel / Mädchenland, Kingdom of Girls
Opening night talk Tuesday, July 21, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Half King Photography series is pleased to welcome Karolin Klüppel on July 21 for the opening of her exhibit Mädchenland. Mädchenland, meaning Kingdom of Girls, is the result of Karolin’s nine-month stay with the Khasi, a matrilineal people in northeast India. With the Khasi, all business and culture is managed by wives and mothers, inheritance follows female lines, and marriage roles and customs are driven by wives and entirely promote daughters. Karolin’s lively, provocative portraits of Khasi girls in the village of Mawlynnong comprises a formal exploration of the tribe’s future leaders.
The opening will feature a slideshow and discussion with Karolin, led by Anna Van Lenten, curator of The Half King Photography Series.
Based in Berlin, Karolin Klüppel’s work focuses on gender relations and matrilineal or matriarchal societies. She studied at the School of Art and Design in Kassel and at the Faculdade de Belas Artes in Lisbon, and holds an MFA in photography. Recent exhibits include the Voices Off festival in Arles (2012) and Festival Circulation(s) in Paris (2015). Mädchenland’s awards include the Canon Profifoto Award (2014) and the Bourse du Talent #62 Portrait Award. Klüppel’s work has been published in The New York Times, The Independent, The Huffington Post, and The Washington Post, among others.
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