Number Fragile documents the second exhibition of works from the Julia Stoschek Collection, whose theme was corporeality in videos, installations and photography. Artists include Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Chris Burden, Nathalie Djurberg, Bruce Nauman, Pipilotti Rist and Rosemarie Trockel.
Elisabeth Bronfen is Professor of English and American Studies at the University of Zurich and, since 2007, Global Distinguished Professor at New York University.
She did her PhD at the University of Munich, on literary space in the work of Dorothy M. Richardson’s novel Pilgrimage, as well as her habilitation, five years later, on representations of femininity and death. A specialist in the 19th and 20th century literature, she has also written articles and books in the area of gender studies, psychoanalysis, film, cultural theory and visual culture.
She is a frequent contributor for local and international news publications and broadcasts, serving as an expert on culture as well as American politics.