Current Exhibitions

GROUP SHOWS

Polska spår

Södertälje Konsthall | Södertälje, Sweden

March 23-May 25, 2024

As a tribute and reminder of the lively cultural exchange between Sweden and Poland in the second half of the 20th century, the exhibition Polska spår (Polish traces) presents the history of this long-standing cooperation. The exhibition also includes works by artists working in Sweden, who drew inspiration both from the history of art and culture of Poland in general and from the works of exhibited artists in particular. Both Jan Håfström and the late Torsten Renqvist were interested in Hasior's art. However, Anna Kellerth and Éva Mag are fascinated by Abakanowicz's monumental sculptures. Moreover, to show the continuity of artistic exchange between generations, works by the Polish artistic duo: Józef Gałązka and Natan Kryszek were shown, which were created in dialogue with Hasior's work.

SOFT POWER

DAS MINSK Kunsthaus | Potsdam, Germany

March 16 - August 11, 2024

The group exhibition Soft Power positions textile design as an artistic means of expression that can be employed to question power relations. The exhibition addresses various aspects of textile art in three chapters. The first chapter, “Invisible Hands,” focuses on the production conditions of textiles and their raw materials, including the history of the Leipzig-Lindenau cotton mill and VEB Vowetex in Plauen, among other examples. “Disrupting Patterns”—the second chapter—explores how textile patterns are often based on the repetition of graphic structures, which typically originate from long traditions and can convey information about power hierarchies or status. The works presented in this chapter of the exhibition question existing patterns and relationships. Finally, “Ancestral Threads” traces the lines that connect us to the past. Just as individual threads can combine to form fabrics and larger networks, the historical and contemporary works in this chapter refer to past traditions that continue to have an effect today.

Widzenie ciałem. Kolekcja Galerii Studio
Seeing with the Body. Galeria Studio Collection

Galeria Studio | Warsaw, Poland

March 15-May 5, 2024

“Seeing with the Body” is inspired by currents of philosophy and aesthetics that are critical of the Anthropocene. It derives from the intuition that artists have long been interested in those regions of sensibility that are today described in the context of posthumanism. Exhibition presents in a new light works by such classics of modern art in Poland as Magdalena Abakanowicz, Erna Rosenstein, Konrad Jarodzki or Teresa Pągowska. We also recall the art of the neo-avant-garde by Teresa Tyszkiewicz, Józef Robakowski, Ewa Partum, Krystyna Piotrowska, Natalia LL. And we feature figurative art of the 70s and 80s in Poland, highlighting themes of body and sensuality in the work of Jan Dobkowski, Jerzy Ryszard Zieliński “Jurry,” Barbara Falender. We recall works by international artists, such as Andy Warhol or Keith Haring. And finally, we include works by artists of the younger generation, including Agnieszka Grodzińska, Agata Bogacka, Renata (Rara) Kamińska, Zuzanna Hertzberg and Alicja Bielawska.

Daj mi wszystko

Galeria Bunkier Sztuki | Cracow, Poland

March 1 - September 1, 2024

In the fall of 2023, Teresa and Andrzej Starmach donated to two Krakow institutions a significant part of their art collection. Their gift to MOCAK and MuFo, and in fact to Krakow, is one of the most spectacular transfers of art from the private sphere to the public sphere. The location of the exhibition is not accidental. The exhibition at the modernized headquarters of Bunkier Sztuki will honor the almost 60-year history of the gallery, which is one of the most important Polish institutions presenting contemporary art, and will inaugurate the return of exhibition activities.

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Barbican Centre | London, UK

February 14 - May 26, 2024

Bringing together over 100 artworks by a diverse range of international practitioners to examine the ways in which artists have embraced textiles to explore the transformative and subversive potential of textiles to challenge power structures and reimagine the world. Spanning intimate hand-crafted works to large-scale sculptural installations, the exhibition presents radical works in their form and politics, revealing how textiles have been forces of resistance and repair.

The exhibition will travel to Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam where will be open for the public since September 14, 2024 until January 5, 2025.

Press about the exhibition: link to The Guardian, Link to The Times, link to The Standard, link to The Telegraph