GOSSIPMONGERS at BWA Warszawa

GOSSIPMONGERS

PHILIPP GUFLER

KAROL RADZISZEWSKI

JAANUS SAMMA

26/09 – 30/11/2024

Opening: 26/10/2024, 8 p.m. as part of Warsaw Art Weekend

BWA WARSZAWA is pleased to present Gossipmongers with new and recent works by Philipp Gufler (DE, 1989), Karol Radziszewski (PL, 1980) and Jaanus Samma (EE, 1982), who share an artistic interest in overlooked queer histories. With their research-based practices, the artists look at key moments and figures that have disrupted hetero-normative structures in the past centuries. Each of them has a specific focus on their respective region of origin and residence. Radziszewski’s research mainly relates to Poland and the larger Eastern European region, while Philipp Gufler looks at his country-of-origin Germany and the Netherlands, where he is currently based. Samma comes from Estonia and predominantly revisits histories of people from the Baltics. The exhibition includes paintings, quilts, tapestries, prints and other works that relate to the narratives of Eric Stenbock (UK, 1860 – 95), Charlotte Charlaque (DE, 1892 – USA, 1963), Toni Ebel (DE, 1881 – GDR, 1961), Elisar von Kupffer (EE, 1872 – CH, 1942) and Stanisława Walasiewicz (PL, 1911 – USA, 1980).

BWA WARSZAWA

ul. Marszałkowska 34/50/666

00-554 Warsaw

Tuesday - Friday

12 - 7 p.m.

Saturday noon - 4 p.m.

Quilt #52 (Charlotte Charlaque), 2023

SOFT POWER

16.3. – 11.8.2024

This spring, DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam will present the group exhibition Soft Power, which 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 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” is the title of the second chapter. 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. The chapter “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.

 

Soft Power shows works by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Caroline Achaintre, Wilder Alison, Leonor Antunes, Ouassila Arras, Rufina Bazlova, Mariana Chkonia, Toni Ebel, Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers (Ella Mae Irby, Candis Mosely Pettway, Qunnie Pettway), Philipp Gufler, William Kentridge, Maria Lai, Joanna Louca, Rosemary Mayer, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Sandra Mujinga, Gulnur Mukazhanova, Ramona Schacht, Gabriele Stötzer, Sung Tieu, Johanna Unzueta, Hamid Zénati, and others.

The exhibition is curated by Daniel Milnes.

DAS MINKS
MAX-PLANCK-STRASSE 17
14473 POTSDAM
GERMANY