Cahn's paintings and drawings incorporate
feminism and child endangerment[5][6] themes, female rituals; often featuring "violent and shocking representations of sexual organs".[7] They are often created using unorthodox methods.[8] Cahn's first exhibition was Being a Women in My Public Role in 1979.[3] Cahn's first exhibition in the United States was at the
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City, in 2011.[8] Cahn's work has described as having
Neo-Expressionist influences.[9]
Reception and awards
Jörg Scheller describes Cahn as a "feminist who likes to fight."[10] Her work has been the source of some controversy, including in 2023, when several
French far-right associations petitioned to have Cahn's fuck abstraction! removed from the "My Serial Thought" show at the
Palais de Tokyo, claiming the painting depicted "pedo-pornographic" material. France's State Council rejected the appeal and allowed the painting, which abstractly depicted the
Bucha massacre by Russian troops.[11]
Cahn's paintings and drawings incorporate
feminism and child endangerment[5][6] themes, female rituals; often featuring "violent and shocking representations of sexual organs".[7] They are often created using unorthodox methods.[8] Cahn's first exhibition was Being a Women in My Public Role in 1979.[3] Cahn's first exhibition in the United States was at the
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City, in 2011.[8] Cahn's work has described as having
Neo-Expressionist influences.[9]
Reception and awards
Jörg Scheller describes Cahn as a "feminist who likes to fight."[10] Her work has been the source of some controversy, including in 2023, when several
French far-right associations petitioned to have Cahn's fuck abstraction! removed from the "My Serial Thought" show at the
Palais de Tokyo, claiming the painting depicted "pedo-pornographic" material. France's State Council rejected the appeal and allowed the painting, which abstractly depicted the
Bucha massacre by Russian troops.[11]