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Double Portrait 2001 - photography, plexi, aluminium 100 x 90 cm edition10
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Male portraits holding the white bunny with the Polish landscape 1996
photography, pcv, aluminium 60 x 40 cm ed. 3 ■
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These works are mainly portrayed in simple black-and-white photography. They are loaded with explicit principle and historical connotation. Showing youth to maturity, mother to child and man to woman, the photographs are able to carry a distinct reference to an array of traditional stereotypes. Classic in composition and with the lightness of sparingly added details, they allow the viewer to look at them with relief and to absorb the wonderful simplicity of the art.
MADONNAS 1996-2001 presented by Gallery Program in:
■ INC 2004
■ ARTE FIERA 06
The triptych “Madonnas" depicts three stages of womanhood inscribed in, and marked by, the Christian narrative. They illustrate the virgin, the wife and the mother. First there is a depiction of a young girl who lightly and gracefully enters the world of the unknown. The first menstrual blood flowing delicately yet visibly disrupts the comfort of her innocence and clearly changes the audience's perception. Next is the mother with a child in her arms. Her amazing eroticism destroys the tranquility of motherhood and her sexuality is not hidden. There is still the lingering of a past temptress in her. The third part is the depiction of a mature and powerful woman, confidently holding a man. She radiates tranquility and security. Górna is able to tear the woman away from the virgin mother ideal and in turn, from this traditional image.
DOUBLE PORTRAITS 2001 exhibited in:
■ HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Katarzyna Górna 1994-2004
Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków; Arsenał, Poznań; Łaźnia, Gdańsk, 05
The series of “Double Portraits" is a confrontation of the subverted to the unrestrained. A dressed figure opposed to nudity, Double Portraits sets free the honesty of beauty. The body and the face complement each other and the characters are presented in carefully premeditated arrangements resembling the times of the Renaissance.
A SET OF WOMEN 2000 exhibited in :
■ HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Katarzyna Górna 1994-2004
Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow; Arsenal, Poznan; Łaźnia, Gdansk, 05
Set of Women is a line of female figures in a self-assured poses and broken by the silhouette of a young girl.
The women, dressed only in black robes, stand graceful and calm. Their bare breasts carry the warm association of motherhood and yet they stand with their arms crossed and showing a lack of resilience. Strong, confident gestures constitute a dignity that imposes obedience.
Rich in experience, they are self-assured and fulfilled.
The figure of the girl suspended in different poses between them merely awaits her turn. She anticipates the day when she will stand next to them with the shared confidence and poise they already possess. The women in Górna’s photographs, despite the culturally rooted poses they assume, openly parade their consciousness and boldness. Gracefully and with dignity, the women show us the manifestation of their independence. Although they are naked, they are not helpless. Although they are virgin, they are not naive. Although they are erotic, they are not shameful. They are proud, full of dignity and exuding confident experience.
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