Johanna Schwarzbeck and Egon Zippel throw their private life out of the bedroom and onto the gallery walls. The ART/IVF show openly confronts (and may shock) the show's onlookers, as it offers an uncensored glimpse into the intimate (and occasionally grotesque) subject matter of conception in the 21st century.
After-sex exercises to keep sperm in place
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ART/IVF is a first-time artistic collaboration between Egon Zippel, a conceptual artist (no pun intended), and Johanna Schwarzbeck, a figurative abstract painter. The show plays with the underlining duality of nearly everything that the artists come into contact during their relationship and the IVF experience: sex, love, and the difficulties of relating to one another. Nuances and meanings that can and are misinterpreted lead to the detriment - and later amusement - of the artists' relationship with one another, art, technology, and the baby-making effort. This multi-person, multi-media show features paintings, photographs, videos, and other materials associated with ART and the art of conception.
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SEX (and semen) IN THE CITY: here we are on the Empire State Building...the semen analysis lab is on the 71st floor
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