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Eva & Adele photographed by Oliver Mark, Berlin 2002

Eva & Adele are an artistic couple who claim to have "landed their time machines" in Berlin after the Wall fell in 1989, claiming to be "hermaphrodite twins from the future".[1] Both refuse to tell their real name or age. They are famous mainly for sharing an invented gender, which is neither male nor female.[2]

They are also known for their performance art,[3] they have been represented by an art gallery since 1997,[4] as they make paintings, video art, photography and costume design.[5] They also have their own perfume line and a watch with Swatch.

Eva & Adele are known to dress identically to each other[6] in matching makeup, bald heads and ladylike outfits.[7] They are known for promoting trans visibility[8] and take selfies[9] with many fans as part of their art project entitled "Wherever we are is [a] museum."[10]

They have been recognized as the world's longest running performance art duo[11] and are often photographed as fashion icons[12] at art events, like Art Basel Miami Beach and the Venice Biennale.[13]

History

German artists Eva & Adele at the Vienna Art Fair in 2011.
Eva & Adele in 2013 at MARTa Hertford Museum in Hertford, Germany

The duo claim that since they met they have vowed never to spend a night apart, nor receive guests in their house, without being fully madeup. They were married in 2011, after a three year battle to get Eva's sex listed as female on her birth certificate.

Eva (who is taller) argued to the court that although her body was a man, her soul was not. After reading numerous psychiatric and psychological reports, the judge agreed. Eva's birth certificate was then reissued with her sex as female.[14]

They are on many "best dressed" lists.[15] In 2015, they created their own watch with Swatch[16] which was released during the Venice Biennale.[17]

Their philosophy is called "Futuring," a belief that your thoughts create the future, similari to The Secret.

Artwork

In 2018, the duo had a 20 year retrospective featuring their Polaroid photos,[18] paintings,[19] drawings, art installations and costume design work at the Me Collectors Room, a museum in Berlin, Germany.[20] They also had a retrospective at the Musee d'Art Moderne Paris in Paris, France in 2016.[21]

Their artwork has been called campy[22] and the duo have been described as stalwarts of the Berlin art scene.[23] They are known for looking like "a weird couple."[24]

In the Media

From 1997 to 2002 Eva & Adele made appearances in the Channel 4 show Eurotrash as 'The Eggheads.'[25] They have been interviewed by many YouTubers and local European TV stations.[26] Many photos of Eva & Adele can be found on photo agency websites like Getty Images and Shutterstock.

References

  1. ^ Pidd, Helen (2011-11-01). "Eva & Adele: 'We invented our own sex'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  2. ^ "Eva & Adele". Berlin Art Link. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  3. ^ stayinart (2018-07-11). "Eva & Adele - A Radical Shared Existence". Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  4. ^ "Eva & Adele Biography – Eva & Adele on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  5. ^ "Eva & Adele Wissender Hirsch - solo exhibition at Gallery Guy Bärtschi". Wilde. 2009-01-29. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  6. ^ Hahn, Rachel (11 December 2017). "The Best Street Style at Art Basel? Let's Start With Frank Ocean's T-Shirt". Vogue. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  7. ^ "Inside the Home of Art World Enigmas EVA & ADELE". PAPER. 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  8. ^ "Transamerica/n: celebrating the underrepresented history of trans art". the Guardian. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  9. ^ "'Absolutely Vile' or 'Powerful'? Christoph Buchel's Migrant Boat Is the Most Divisive Work at the Venice Biennale". artnet News. 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  10. ^ ""We met in the future, in the time machine."". www.collectorsagenda.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  11. ^ "Eva & Adele: the world's longest running art performance". Deutsche Welle. 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  12. ^ "Eva Adele Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images". www.gettyimages.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  13. ^ "Highlights from the Venice Biennale". PAPER. 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  14. ^ Eva & Adele: 'We invented our own sex'
  15. ^ "#TheArtFairsBestDressed of 2019". TheArtGorgeous. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  16. ^ "Swatch & La Biennale Arte 2015 in Venice. This is the Swatch Art Special created by Eva & Adele called Futuring by Eva & Adele ..." Watch-Insider.com. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  17. ^ "Everything You Missed at the Venice Biennale". artnet News. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  18. ^ "Eva & Adele - L'Amour du Risque". frieze.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  19. ^ "The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition sees double for the first time". www.bbc.co.uk. 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  20. ^ Michalina. "Eva & Adele: The Story of an Iconic Berlin Artist Couple". iHeartBerlin.de. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  21. ^ "Eva & Adele". www.mam.paris.fr (in French). 30 September 2016. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  22. ^ Karasz, Palko (2016-06-16). "London's Art Scene Hits Its Summer Frenzy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  23. ^ "Louisa Elderton at the 1st Art Berlin". www.artforum.com. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  24. ^ "THE WEIRD COUPLE". The Independent. 1997-01-12. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  25. ^ "A look back at Eurotrash - the 1990s most shocking show". NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. 2016-05-10. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  26. ^ "TV5MONDE- - Eva & Adele". www.tv5monde.com. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
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