Lea Draeger | Päpstinnen
Lea Draeger's system of popes is a laboratory. It playfully examines patriarchal power relations and structures. The system is constantly evolving and breaking through its own habits. Initially conceived as a series of "1000 economic popes", over 7,000 postage stamp-sized portraits of popes whose identities are fluid have now been created. As an almost uncountable legion, the figures play with categories and identities, defying binary categorisations and ultimately undermining them.
This project is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament and supported by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony and the Art Fund Foundation in the special NEUSTARTplus Platforms for the Visual Arts funding programme.