Marlene Dumas: The Image as Burden at Fondation Beyeler

In this video, we attend the opening of artist Marlene Dumas’ solo exhibition “The Image as Burden” at Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (Basel, Switzerland). Marlene Dumas is regarded as one of the leading painters and artists of our time. Her work focuses mainly on the human figure and addresses topics such as love, death, identity and mourning. As reference and inspiration for her paintings, she draws on an extensive pictorial archive containing private Polaroid prints, media images, pictures from magazines,