Advertisement
[For ENG scroll down]Mala galerija Banke Slovenije v sodelovanju s Centrom za kulturo in umetnost iz Vroclava (Poljska), KUD-om Mreža in Društvom Mesto žensk vabi na razstavo Barbare Kozłowske (1940–2008), ene najpomembnejših avantgardnih umetnic na Poljskem.
Razstava Mesta za razmislek predstavlja prvo predstavitev dela Barbare Kozłowske v Sloveniji. Vsebuje izbor najpomembnejših del iz njenega privatnega arhiva, ki je še vedno shranjen v Vroclavu.
🔸🟣 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐣𝐞 𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢▶️ https://mestozensk.org/index.php/sl/festival/2025/dogodek/119792
🔸🟣𝗩𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲▶️ www.mestozensk.org/sl/festival/2025/vstopnice
Kuratorka razstave: Marika Kuźmicz
Kuratorka poljskega programa performativne umetnosti: Agnieszka Chodysz-Foryś
Kuratorja slovenskega programa performativne umetnosti: Ana Grobler in Sebastian Krawczyk
Sodelavka pri programu: Iva Kovač, Hana Čeferin
Koordinacija: Marharyta Rubanenko, Adam Parol
Grafična identifikacija: @grupaprojektor
Organizator:
Center kulture in umetnosti v Vroclavu – Kulturni inštitut vlade
Spodnje Šlezije / www.okis.pl
Soorganizatorji:
Mala galerija Banke Slovenije / mgbs.si
Mesto žensk / www.cityofwomen.org
Kulturno umetniško društvo Mreža (KUD Mreža) / www.kudmreza.org
Fundacija Arton / www.fundacjaarton.pl
Partner: Veleposlaništvo Republike Poljske v Ljubljani, Slovenija
Projekt je sofinanciralo Ministrstvo za kulturo in nacionalno dediščino Republike Poljske iz Sklada za promocijo kulture in proračuna samouprave Spodnješlezijske regije.
Častno pokroviteljstvo: Marta Cienkowska – ministrica za kulturo in nacionalno dediščino, Łukasz Paprotny – začasni odpravnik poslov Republike Poljske v Republiki Sloveniji
🔸🟣 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦, 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐥𝐣𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐧𝐢 𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢
𝟒.𝟏𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 11:00, Vodstvo po razstavi Mesta za razmislek
𝟒.𝟏𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 12:00, Anna Kalwajtys: Linija. Performans
𝟏𝟔.𝟏𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 18:00, Lučka Centa: ved'ma. Performans
𝟐𝟑.𝟏𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 17:00, Iva Suhadolnik Gregorin: Trak. Performans
𝟑𝟎.𝟏𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 17:00, Anita Wach: 68 zdravic za srce z napako. Performans
🟣🔸🟣🔸🟣🔸🟣🔸
Barbara Kozłowska je bila ena od pionirjev performativne umetnosti na Poljskem in predstavnica avantgarde v Vroclavu – takrat enem najživahnejših in najnaprednejših krajev v regiji. Čeprav je zaključila študij na Fakulteti za keramiko (z diplomo iz arhitekturnega slikarstva), je kmalu opustila tradicionalne medije in te zamenjala z bolj efemernimi dejavnostmi.
Barbara Kozłowska se je rodila v Tarnobrzegu (Poljska), kamor se je njena družina preselila po izbruhu druge svetovne vojne. Vojna je hudo zaznamovala njeno življenje. Leta 1940 je bil njen oče umorjen v koncentracijskem taborišču Dachau, kamor so zaprli tudi enega njenih bratov, ki je sodeloval pri opozicijskih dejavnostih. Umetnica težkega začetka svojega življenja ni nikoli pozabila. Tragedija se je nadaljevala tudi v povojnih letih, ko se je sama začela zavedati, kako lahko krut politični sistem uniči življenje posameznika. Na koncu se je uprla komunističnemu režimu – sistemu, ki je omejeval njeno svobodo prostega gibanja.
Barbara Kozłowska je potovanja enačila s svobodo To načelo je vplivalo na njeno celotno konceptualno dejavnost, kar se odraža v delu Mejna črta (1967–1990), ki je nastajalo več desetletij. Barbara Kozłowska je od leta 1967 označevala točke na zemljevidu sveta ter risala imaginarno črto, ki jo je nameravala potegniti čez ves svet in vse do Lune. Na ta način je premagovala formalne in politične težave, s katerimi se je spopadala v resničnem življenju. Da bi konceptu podarila konkretnejšo podobo, je obiskovala številne kraje, vključno z nekdanjo Jugoslavijo, kjer je iz peska oblikovala stožce. Svojo pot je nadaljevala proti plažam na različnih koncih sveta, kjer je drugega na drugega postavljala kamne ali preprosto dokumentirala svojo prisotnost.
Čeprav se je Barbara Kozłowska izrecno oddaljila od feminizma, njena dela sodijo med najbolj izrazite prispevke k poljski umetnosti. Odpirajo kritične poglede na spol in umetnost, ki dandanes ponujajo nove možnost interpretacije.
🟣🔸🟣🔸🟣🔸🟣🔸
The Mala galerija Banke Slovenije, together with the Center for Culture and Art in Wrocław (PL), KUD Mreža and Mesto žensk Association, cordially invite you to an exhibition by Barbara Kozłowska (1940–2008), one of Poland's most important avant-garde artists.
The exhibition Places for Deliberation marks the first presentation of Barbara Kozłowska’s work in Slovenia. It features a selection of her most important works drawn from her private archive, which is still stored in Wrocław.
🔸🟣 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧▶️ https://mestozensk.org/index.php/en/festival/2025/dogodek/119792
🔸🟣 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬▶️ www.mestozensk.org/sl/festival/2025/vstopnice
Exhibition curator: Marika Kuźmicz
Curator of the Polish performance art program: Agnieszka Chodysz-Foryś
Curators of the Slovenian performance art program: Ana Grobler and Sebastian Krawczyk
Program associate: Iva Kovač, Hana Čeferin
Coordination: Marharyta Rubanenko, Adam Parol
Graphic identification: @grupaprojektor
Organizer:
Culture and Art Centre in Wroclaw – Cultural Institution of the Government of the Lower Silesian Region / www.okis.pl
Co-organizers:
Mala galerija Banke Slovenije / mgbs.si
City of Women / www.cityofwomen.org
The Cultural and Artistic Association Mreža (KUD Mreža) / www.kudmreza.org
Arton Foundation / www.fundacjaarton.pl
Partner: Embassy of the Republic of Poland
This project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund and from the budget of the Self-Government of the Lower Silesian Region.
Honorary patronage: Marta Cienkowska – Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Łukasz Paprotny – Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Republic of Poland to the Republic of Slovenia
🔸🟣 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝟒.𝟏𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 11:00, Guided tour of the exhibition Places for Deliberation
𝟒.𝟏𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 12:00, Anna Kalwajtys: Line. Performance
𝟏𝟔.𝟏𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 18:00, Lučka Centa: ved'ma. Performance
𝟐𝟑.𝟏𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 17:00, Iva Suhadolnik Gregorin: The Tape. Performance
𝟑𝟎.𝟏𝟎.𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 17:00, Anita Wach: Anita Wach: 68 Toasts to a Flawed Heart. Performance
🟣🔸🟣🔸🟣🔸🟣🔸
Barbara Kozłowska was a forerunner of performance art in Poland and a participant in the Wrocław avant-garde scene—one of the most vibrant and progressive places on the region’s map at that time. Although she graduated from the Faculty of Ceramics (with a degree in architectural painting), she quickly abandoned traditional media in favor of ephemeral activities.
Kozłowska was born in Tarnobrzeg (Poland), where her family had been relocated at the outbreak of World War II. The war would leave a deep imprint on Kozłowska’s life. In 1940, her father was murdered in the Dachau concentration camp; and one of her brothers, who was involved in opposition activities, was also imprisoned there. The artist was always mindful of the tragic nature of her early years. And tragedy would continue into the post-war years, when she herself became aware of how an impervious political system could crush the life of an individual. She ended up rebelling against the communist regime, a system that restricted her ability to move freely.
Kozłowska identified travel with freedom. This axiom informed her entire conceptual activity, and translated into the work Border Line (1967–1990), which unfolded over decades. From 1967 onwards, Kozłowska began marking points on the globe, drawing an imaginary line that she intended to run across the globe; and all the way to the Moon. This was her way of overcoming the formal and political difficulties of her reality. In order to make the concept more concrete, she visited various places, including the former Yugoslavia, where she made cones out of sand. She would travel further afield to beaches around the world, where she stacked stones or simply documented her presence.
Although Kozłowska explicitly distanced herself from feminism, her works are among the most distinct contributions to Polish art. They offer critical perspectives on gender and art that present us with new possibilities for interpretation today.
Advertisement
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mala Galerija BS, Slovenska cesta 36, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
