Who is close
16.06.2023 — 09.07.2023
BWA
Basia Bańda and Aleksandr Kubiak exhibition
The title question/statement, which is also the title of a work by Aleksandra Kubiak made especially for this exhibition, refers us to the idea of cooperation, friendship, relations, community. Seemingly, what the two artists are doing seems diametrically opposed: media-wise, formally, content-wise. And yet - exploring autobiographical themes, referring to emotions, childhood traumas, untranslatable fears, loss of loved ones, allows us to conclude that they reduce the pressure of reality through creativity. This is not self-therapy in the classical sense - rather, we are dealing with taming pain, looking boldly at inner problems, using the soothing/explanatory role of dreams, telling with oneself, one's body and intuition.
Those who are close, not only literally and physically, understand.
Wojciech Kozłowski
Who is close
16.06.2023 — 09.07.2023
BWA
Basia Bańda and Aleksandr Kubiak exhibition
The title question/statement, which is also the title of a work by Aleksandra Kubiak made especially for this exhibition, refers us to the idea of cooperation, friendship, relations, community. Seemingly, what the two artists are doing seems diametrically opposed: media-wise, formally, content-wise. And yet - exploring autobiographical themes, referring to emotions, childhood traumas, untranslatable fears, loss of loved ones, allows us to conclude that they reduce the pressure of reality through creativity. This is not self-therapy in the classical sense - rather, we are dealing with taming pain, looking boldly at inner problems, using the soothing/explanatory role of dreams, telling with oneself, one's body and intuition.
Those who are close, not only literally and physically, understand.
Wojciech Kozłowski