Barbara Rapp
Barbara Rapp (also known as Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp) (born 1972) is an Austrian multimedia artist. She makes paintings, collages, and sculptures that examine women's sexuality, queerness, gender and heteronormativity, often using humor. In 2014, Rapp was selected by the curatorium of the Fashion Art Institute Barcelona (Designer Manuel Fernandez) to represent Austria for "Fashion Art EU" at the European Parliament Brussels 2015 and European Museum of Modern Art MEAM Barcelona 2016.
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Barbara Rapp
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- Name
- Barbara Rapp
- Born
- 1972
- Birthplace
- Klagenfurt, Austria
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Occupation
- painter and artist.
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Barbara Rapp (also known as Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp) (born 1972) is an Austrian multimedia artist. She makes paintings, collages, and sculptures that examine women's sexuality, queerness, gender and heteronormativity, often using humor. In 2014, Rapp was selected by the curatorium of the Fashion Art Institute Barcelona (Designer Manuel Fernandez) to represent Austria for "Fashion Art EU" at the European Parliament Brussels 2015 and European Museum of Modern Art MEAM Barcelona 2016.
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Barbara Rapp (born 1972) is an Austrian artist, mixed-media artist and multimedia artist, among other activities. The artist was born in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
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For Barbara Rapp fashion does not only bear a social responsibility but also reflects the current socio-cultural developments. After receiving the white dress in folkloristic "dirndl-style" from the fashion art institute it was immediately clear for her that she has to withdraw its automated categorization. Her general artistic focus is on the critical questioning of gender role models. Accordingly, she tried to create the artistic design of her dress called "Trapp 3.0" not only by contemporary re-engineering the traditional mapping of folklore but also to encourage new perspectives on female and male forms of appearance. In 2024, the public broadcaster ORF visualised the interdisciplinary work of Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp in a tv-portrait in which the artist's focus on human rights is mentioned. In 2025, Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp was elected to the artistic advisory board of the Carinthian Art Association (Kunstverein Kärnten).
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Kath. Filialkirche hl. Peter. Begehbare Audio-, Video- und Rauminstallation GRENZDEBIL / OMEJENOST von Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp [1]
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• Name — Barbara Rapp • Born — 1972 • Birthplace — Klagenfurt, Austria • Website — barbara-rapp.com
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Barbara Rapp is recorded with the occupation mixed-media artist. Recorded as a citizen of Austria.
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1972
Barbara Rapp born at Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
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- 1.Ambrusch, Marcel. Werk der Woche: Weibliche Figuren, nackt, in expressivem Rot - die Österreicherin Barbara Rapp nagt am Zahn der Zeit. Gesellschaft FreundeDerKunste. HBS Media Group Ltd. 26 August 2017.
- 2.Simbürger, Manuel. Die Künstlerin Barbara Rapp im relevant-Gespräch. Relevant. 30 July 2012.
- 3.Ich kann dieses Gender-Gelaber nicht mehr ab. Die Standard. 17 July 2012.
- 4.Triennale IIIKärnten 2023 Artist Statement
- 5.Diversity à la mode: Fashion, art and the idea of Europe in 28 outfits. The New European. 16 January 2015.
- 6.Fashion Art EU - Art & Fashion by Fashion Art Institute. MEAM, European Museum of Modern Art. 2016.
- 7.LibroFashionArt 4. Fashion Art Institute. 10.
- 8.red, kaernten ORF at. Das Sichtbarmachen der Menschenwürde. kaernten.ORF.at - Kärnten Heute. 2024-01-07.
- 9.Kunstverein Kärnten, Team. kunstvereinkaernten.at. 2025-07-25.
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