Born in 1961 in Münstermaifeld, West Germany
Lives in Johannesburg
Training
1984: BA(FA) University of the Witwatersrand
1988: MA(FA) University of the Witwatersrand
Group exhibitions
1985: Cape Town Triennial (tour)
1988 Vita Art Now, Johannesburg Art Gallery
References
Bedford, E. 1992. Contesting Stereotypes of Femininity in South Africa, UNISA.
Bedford, E. 1994. 'Om beslag te le op geslag', Die Suid-Afrikaan, no 49,
July/August pp59-61.
Girl at Her Dressing Table
1988 fibreglass and mixed media 140.8 x 120.8 x 99.5 cm
Collection: South African National Gallery
Girl at her Dressing Table represents an experience with
which most women can identify - that of looking in the
mirror and realising that the ideal images of femininity
presented by the mass media do not square with their own less than ideal selves. The problem is that
femininity, in the sense of being a collection of
imposed limitations, fails as a reliable goal for women.
With this work Krams takes on the heritage of the
representation of female sexuality and exposes the
artifice of idealised images by giving us a 'warts
and all' experience of reality. In the process she questions
and undermines the glamorous reification of the female
body in the Old Master/Playboy tradition. (For further
reading see Bedford, E. 1992. Contesting Stereotypes of
Femininity
in South Africa, UNISA)