Valie Export (1940-2026), born Waltraud Lehner, was an Austrian artist. Her artistic work includes video installations, body performances, expanded cinema, computer animations, photography, sculptures and publications covering contemporary arts.
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Valie Export was an Austrian avant-garde artist and filmmaker renowned for pioneering expanded cinema, body performances, and radical feminist art.
She is best known for radical performance pieces like TAP and TOUCH CINEMA and feature films such as Invisible Adversaries and The Practice of Love.
Her multidisciplinary practice spans experimental film, video installations, photography, sculptures, and body-based performance art.
She was a co-founder of the Austrian Filmmakers Cooperative and spent much of her career living and working in Vienna.
