--- type: press_release title: Renate Bertlmann language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/press/renate-bertlmann-0" --- # Renate Bertlmann ### Fragile Obsessions 29 September 2023 – 3 March 2024 [Press Kit "Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessions" (EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/Presselangtext_Bertlmann_EN.pdf) [Exhibition texts "Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessions" (EN)](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/Bereichstexte_Bertlmann_EN.pdf) ![Renate Bertlmann, Knife-Pacifier-Hands — Renate Bertlmann, Knife-Pacifier-Hands - Ambivalences 1, 1981 — Courtesy of Richard Saltoun Gallery, London and Rome — © Renate Bertlmann/ Bildrecht, Vienna 2023](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-09/Bertlmann%201.jpg) ## Press Images ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-09/Bertlmann%201.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Knife-Pacifier-Hands - Ambivalences 1, 1981 Courtesy of Richard Saltoun Gallery, London and Rome © Renate Bertlmann/ Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-09/Bertlmann%202.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Knife-Pacifier-Hands - Ambivalences 3, 1981 Courtesy of Richard Saltoun Gallery, London and Rome © Renate Bertlmann/ Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/11-Bertlmann-Ambivalenzen-3--sw-korr-korr-1983_0.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Knife-Pacifier-Hands with Cube, 1981 courtesy: Renate Bertlmann © Renate Bertlmann/ Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-10/13_Bertlmann-Ex-Voto_1985.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Ex Voto, 1985 Courtesy Renate Bertlmann © Renate Bertlmann / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-10/12-Bertlmann%2C%20Farphalle%20Impudiche%2C%20Elfriede%20Mejchar%2C%201983.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Diverse Farphalle Impudiche, 1983 courtesy: Renate Bertlmann © Elfriede Mejchar ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-10/8-Bertlmann%20Sling%20Shot%20Action%20%2C%20New%20York%2C%201980.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Sling Shot Action, 1980 courtesy: Renate Bertlmann © Reinhold Bertlmann ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-10/6-Renate%20Bertlmann%20z%C3%A4rtliche%20Ber%C3%BChrungen_2009.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Zärtliche Berührungen - Tableau, 1976/2009 Courtesy Richard Saltoun Gallery, London and Rome © Renate Bertlmann / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-10/5-%20Bertlmann%20-%20Braut%20und%20br%C3%A4utigam%201975.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Bride and Groom, 1975 courtesy: Artothek des Bundes, Vienna © Elfriede Mejchar ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/63-1975_Rollstuhl-Easy-Rider_-Kopie_0.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Wheelchair Type Easy Rider, 1975 Courtesy Private collection, Vienna © Renate Bertlmann / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-10/3-Bertlmann%20Baukasten%20rot%201975.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Wheelchair Construction Kit, 1975 courtesy: Renate Bertlmann © Renate Bertlmann / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2022-10/2-Bertlmann%20Die%20Braut%20I%20-%20Kleinb%C3%BCrgerhochzeit_1973.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Bride II (Brecht's “A Respectable Wedding”), 1973 Courtesy of Richard Saltoun Gallery, London and Rome © Renate Bertlmann / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/5-_G_1973.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Untitled (Brecht’s “A Respectable Wedding“), 1973 Courtesy Renate Bertlmann © Renate Bertlmann / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/74-3422_F_1976.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Tender Touch, 1976 Courtesy Renate Bertlmann © Renate Bertlmann / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/4-z%C3%A4rtl.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Tender Pantomime 4, 1976 Courtesy Renate Bertlmann © Renate Bertlmann / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/109-032.jpg) Renate Bertlmann, Relic of St. Erectus, 1978 Courtesy Renate Bertlmann © Renate Bertlmann / Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/B21%20Renate%20Bertlmann%20PR-011.jpg) Installation view "Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessions" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/B21%20Renate%20Bertlmann%20PR-002.jpg) Installation view "Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessions" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/B21%20Renate%20Bertlmann%20PR-006.jpg) Installation view "Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessions" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/B21%20Renate%20Bertlmann%20PR-007.jpg) Installation view "Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessions" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/B21%20Renate%20Bertlmann%20PR-009.jpg) Installation view "Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessions" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/B21%20Renate%20Bertlmann%20PR-004.jpg) Installation view "Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessions" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/2023-09/B21%20Renate%20Bertlmann%20PR-001.jpg) Installation view "Renate Bertlmann. Fragile Obsessions" Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2023 The texts, images, and documents provided here are copyrighted and are made available exclusively for the purpose of reporting on the exhibitions mentioned. Please contact the press team in regards to image credits and copyrights. For any additional use or distribution, please obtain approval in writing from the press team. For more information and press images please contact: #### Media Relations ##### Irene Jäger T: [+43 1 795 57-185](tel:+43179557-185) M: [+43 664 800 141-185](tel:+43664800141-185) E-Mail: [**i.jaeger@belvedere.at**](mailto:i.jaeger@belvedere.at) ## Related exposition [**Renate Bertlmann**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/renate-bertlmann-1) — Fragile Obsessions — 29 September 2023 - 3 March 2024 — Exhibition — Belvedere 21