Anne Imhof

Anne Imhof (b. 1978, Giessen, Germany) is a German artist working across performance, painting, drawing, and music. Her large-scale durational performances — often involving trained performers executing slow, controlled movements in elaborately constructed environments — explore themes of power, submission, desire, and contemporary alienation.

Imhof represented Germany at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017 with her performance Faust, for which she was awarded the Golden Lion for best national participation. The work involved performers moving through and beneath a glass floor installed in the German Pavilion, accompanied by an original music score.

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