Anna Kipke

Anna Kipke
21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C40.410
anna.kipke@leuphana.de
Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in, Professorship of Art History

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Vita

Anna Kipke is a doctoral researcher (Praedoc) in the Collaborative Research Center 1512 'Intervening Arts' at the Leuphana University of Lueneburg. She completed her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Art and Cultural Studies in Lueneburg with theses on the form and thinking of abstraction in Hilma af Klint, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari (BA) and on the politics of interiority in Emma Kunz (1892-1963) (MA).

Her research interests include history and theory of modern and abstract art, historiography of artistic practices, and trauma and healing as topics in 20th and 21st century art.

In her dissertation project 'Emma Kunz. Therapeutic Lines', she examines therapeutic practices as artistic methods of intervention between 1930-1960. The work focuses on the historical reconstruction of the practice of drawing and healing by the Swiss artist Emma Kunz (1892-1963) based on testimonies of former patients. In the constellation with artistic positions by Eva Aeppli (1925-2015) and Agnes Denes (*1931), she analyzes artistic forms of the personal (autobiography / testimony) in order to grasp therapeutic practices as material in art in individual and social moments of crisis.

Research Interests

– History and Theory of Modern Art and Abstraction 
– Material Culture of Spiritual Practices
– Historiography of Artistic Practices
– Trauma and Healing in the Arts 

Projects

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Das inszenierte Selbst: Autofiktion in der Gegenwartskunst
    Anna Kipke (Editor) , Rosa Windt (Editor) , 2026 Köln , 123 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Transfer

  2. Drafts in Action: Concepts and Practices of Artistic Intervention
    Anna Kipke (Editor) , Iryna Kovalenko (Editor) , Laura Rogalski (Editor) , Simon Teune (Editor) , Mimmi Woisnitza (Editor) , 2025 1 ed. Zurich , 268 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

  3. Ins Bild kommen: Spielräume der Kunstkritik
    Anna Kipke (Editor) , Anita Hosseini (Editor) , Holger Kuhn (Editor) , Mimmi Woisnitza (Editor) , 2023 Paderborn , 234 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Bury or Recover the Self?: Über Cathie Pilkington im Freud Museum London und Ways of Seeing im Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź
    Anna Kipke (Author) , 19.03.2026 , in: Kunstforum international, 309 , p. 60–71 , 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer

  2. Farbschluchten: Anna Kipke über Katharina Grosse in den Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
    Anna Kipke (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Texte zur Kunst, 35, 140 , p. 199–202 , 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Transfer

  3. Haunted Memories. Landscapes of the Mind: Parallele Bildverfahren im Werk von Erna Rosenstein und Aubrey Williams
    Anna Kipke (Author) , 01.09.2023 , in: Kunstforum international, 291 , p. 78-85 , 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer

  4. Meme Therapy: Auf der Suche nach Heilung in Geisterzeichnungen, Therapie-Notizbüchern und Trauma-Tagebüchern
    Anna Kipke (Author) , 01.01.2022 , in: Kunstforum international, 279 , p. 104-111 , 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Weiche Avantgarden: Das Therapeutische in künstlerisch-intervenierenden Verfahren
    Anna Kipke (Author) , Beate Söntgen (Author) , Mimmi Woisnitza (Author) , 19.03.2026 1 ed. Zürich , p. 377–403 , 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  2. On Puppets, Dolls, and Harlequins: Textile Constellations between Emma Kunz and Eva Aeppli
    Anna Kipke (Author) , 01.01.2025 1 ed. Zurich , p. 235–246 , 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  3. Manifestation, Collectiveness, Documentation: Thinking About Intervening Arts in Terms of Concept and Practice
    Anna Kipke (Author) , Mimmi Woisnitza (Author) , 01.01.2025 1 ed. Zurich , p. 9–33 , 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  4. Ins Bild kommen: Spielräume der Kunstkritik
    Anna Kipke (Author) , Anita Hosseini (Author) , Holger Kuhn (Author) , Mimmi Woisnitza (Author) , 01.01.2023 Paderborn , p. xv-xxi , 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Other › Research

  5. Culture and Capital: Claire Bishop: Place in Plunderland: Claire Bishop on the Shed
    Anna Kipke (Author) , 01.01.2022 1. Auflage ed. Berlin , p. 428-437 , 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

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Activities

  1. Emma Kunz. Therapeutic Line(s) in the Art of the 20th Century
    Anna Kipke (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Ausstellungsrundgang zum 100. Geburtstag von Eva Aeppli
    Anna Kipke (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer

  3. Witches, Carnival, Dance of Death. On the Artistic Collaboration between Eva Aeppli and Jean Tinguely.
    Anna Kipke (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. 'THREADS ARE VEINS' – On Magdalena Abakanowicz
    Anna Kipke (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Riss, Trauma, Heilung - Therapeutische Konstellationen um Emma Kunz
    Anna Kipke (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Courses