Giantesses - an exhibition design for a group show at BWA Wrocław Główny Gallery
Giantesses is an exhibition featuring five artists connected in various ways to Lower Silesia: Bożenna Biskupska, Urszula Broll, Ewa Ciepielewska, Katarzyna Rotkiewicz-Szumska, and Ewa Zarzycka. Although they use different media – from painting, large-scale sculpture, photography, and video to performance art and more ephemeral works – they have many things in common. Their biographies share a life-creating ethos: dedication to collective work, creation of art spaces, and development of artistic communities.
The title of the exhibition refers to a rock formation called the Giantesses in the Ślęża massif, which is an important mountain in Lower Silesia due to its location, the beauty of its landscape, and its history, which dates to pre-Slavic times when it was a place of spiritual practices and sun worship. Karkonosze, the highest range of the Sudeten Mountains, are also often referred to as the Giant Mountains. And giantesses existed in mythology. In Norse myths, the term was used to describe strong women characterized by knowledge, power, and beauty.
Artists: Bożenna Biskupska, Urszula Broll, Ewa Ciepielewska, Katarzyna Rotkiewicz-Szumska, Ewa Zarzycka
Curators: Tomek Pawłowski-Jarmołajew, Agnieszka Rayzacher
Exhibition design: Jagoda Dobecka
Visual Identification: Karolina Pietrzyk, Tobias Wenig
Production: Gabriela Pezda, Beata Turek-Józefczak
Promotion: Joanna Glinkowska
Assembly: Łukasz Bałaciński, Anastasiou Ioannis, Jakub Jakubowicz, Tomasz Koczoń, Daniel Mroczyński, Marcin Pecyna
Editorial oversight: Joanna Osiewicz-Lorenzutti
English translation: Scotia Gilroy
Partners: lokal_30, In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation, Teatr Cinema
Exhibition opening parter: CUDO kombucha
Media patrons: Notes Na 6 Tygodni, Szum, Magazyn Pismo, Spotkania z Zabytkami, Pismo Artystyczne Format, Radio RAM
Organizer: BWA Wrocław Galleries of Contemporary Art
Special thanks: Zuzanna Fogtt, Janina Hobgarska, Roger Urbanowicz, Henryk WaniekCo-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture – a state purpose fund.
Photos: Alicja Kielan
Giantesses is an exhibition featuring five artists connected in various ways to Lower Silesia: Bożenna Biskupska, Urszula Broll, Ewa Ciepielewska, Katarzyna Rotkiewicz-Szumska, and Ewa Zarzycka. Although they use different media – from painting, large-scale sculpture, photography, and video to performance art and more ephemeral works – they have many things in common. Their biographies share a life-creating ethos: dedication to collective work, creation of art spaces, and development of artistic communities.
The title of the exhibition refers to a rock formation called the Giantesses in the Ślęża massif, which is an important mountain in Lower Silesia due to its location, the beauty of its landscape, and its history, which dates to pre-Slavic times when it was a place of spiritual practices and sun worship. Karkonosze, the highest range of the Sudeten Mountains, are also often referred to as the Giant Mountains. And giantesses existed in mythology. In Norse myths, the term was used to describe strong women characterized by knowledge, power, and beauty.
Artists: Bożenna Biskupska, Urszula Broll, Ewa Ciepielewska, Katarzyna Rotkiewicz-Szumska, Ewa Zarzycka
Curators: Tomek Pawłowski-Jarmołajew, Agnieszka Rayzacher
Exhibition design: Jagoda Dobecka
Visual Identification: Karolina Pietrzyk, Tobias Wenig
Production: Gabriela Pezda, Beata Turek-Józefczak
Promotion: Joanna Glinkowska
Assembly: Łukasz Bałaciński, Anastasiou Ioannis, Jakub Jakubowicz, Tomasz Koczoń, Daniel Mroczyński, Marcin Pecyna
Editorial oversight: Joanna Osiewicz-Lorenzutti
English translation: Scotia Gilroy
Partners: lokal_30, In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation, Teatr Cinema
Exhibition opening parter: CUDO kombucha
Media patrons: Notes Na 6 Tygodni, Szum, Magazyn Pismo, Spotkania z Zabytkami, Pismo Artystyczne Format, Radio RAM
Organizer: BWA Wrocław Galleries of Contemporary Art
Special thanks: Zuzanna Fogtt, Janina Hobgarska, Roger Urbanowicz, Henryk WaniekCo-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture – a state purpose fund.
Photos: Alicja Kielan