Corina Gertz: The averted portrait

The Ore Mountains meet the world in a photo exhibition

Corina Gertz, The averted portrait (exhibition view), 2023; Courtesy: Corina Gertz; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025; Photo: Mark Frost

Corina Gertz lives in Düsseldorf and photographs women in unique traditional costumes and attire – from the back. She has traveled the world doing so, including Europe, East and South Asia, and Africa. She was recently in Cuba for several weeks. In her posterior portraits, she creates images of immense beauty and visible cultural difference. In 2023 she traveled the Ore Mountains and for the first time put men in front of the lens, specifically representatives of different mountain brotherhoods in ornate traditional habits. Gertz’s perspective on the world’s colors, people’s work, and their celebrations becomes a lasting experience in a very special region of Europe.

12 April, 16:30

Technisches Museum, Siebenschlehener Pochwerk, Lindenauer Str. 22, 08289 Schneeberg I Admission: free

Opening hours on the opening weekend: 13 April: 10:00-17:00 I Admission: 3 € I reduced 2.5 € I family 6 or 8 € I students/pupils 2 € I up to 6 years free

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This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.