Heidi Harsieber’s images swim against the tidal wave of erotic images that washes over us every day. In stylistically very diverse series that often border on abstraction, the artist addresses issues such as desire, sex, dignity, vulnerability, age, lust, voyeurism and physicality. Many of the images clash with what we are used to seeing; they are unsettling and affecting, creating space for thought. Can a person be more naked than naked? Answers from a great creative period.

Heidi Harsieber, *1948 in Gloggnitz, Austria. Lives and works in Vienna.