1. Gustav Klimt, Judith And The Head Of Holofernes (Judith I), 1901, Oil On Canvas, 84 X 42cm, Austrian

1. Gustav Klimt, Judith and the Head of Holofernes (Judith I), 1901, oil on canvas, 84 x 42 cm, Austrian Gallery Belvedere, Vienna. Source

2. Gustav Klimt, Judith II (Salome), 1909, oil on canvas, 178 x 46 cm, Musei Civici Veneziani, Venice. Source

In both his depictions of this particular subject, Klimt chose to show Judith holding the head of Holofernes, rather than presenting the decapitation itself. Furthermore, the compositional focus in both cases is the glamourous figure of Judith; the head of the Assyrian general is in fact cut off by the painting’s border and a dark sack in the earlier and later versions respectively.

Untilted (Four Figures), 1967, by Romare Bearden

Performing Land Art

Judy Chicago, Immolation IV from the Women and Smoke Series, 1972, flares, performed with Faith Wilding in the California desert. © Judy Chicago, Photo courtesy of Through the Flower housed at the Penn State University Archives

Read more about the “Ends of the Earth" exhibition at the Haus der Kunst in Munich.

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clean living under difficult circumstances

Luis Gómez, NUESTA, 2009