Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives

A contemporary look at the impact of German artist Marianne Wex’s landmark 1977 examination of body language and gender expectations

Coinciding with the first posthumous exhibition of Marianne Wex’s expansive photographic survey of the gender dynamics of body language, Let’s Take Back Our Space: ‘Female’ and ‘Male’ Body Language as a Result of Patriarchal Structures (1977), this unique volume brings Wex’s work into conversation with seven contemporary artists whose works reappraise the relationship of bodies to public space from intersectional queer and feminist perspectives: Joiri Minaya, Nona Faustine, Martine Gutierrez, K8 Hardy, Yuki Kihara, Paulina Olowska, and Wendy Red Star.

Title: Taking Back Our Space: Photographic Perspectives
Publisher, Year: The Museum of Modern Art, 2026
Editor: Roxana Marcoci, Caitlin Ryan
Format: Paperback
Size: 24.13 × 30.48 cm, 176 pages
ISBN: 978-1633451865