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For the first time in over 120 years, a national pavilion at the Venice Biennale will be represented by a Roma artist. Discover the ‘Re-enchanting the World’ by Polish-Romani artist Małgotzata Mirga-Tas at the Polish Pavilion starting 23rd April 2022!
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The Polish Pavilion at the the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia will host the Re-enchanting the World exhibition by the Polish-Romani artist, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas.
The installation will consist of twelve large-format textiles corresponding to the Hall of the Months frescoes in Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara. The Olympic gods, zodiac signs, and scenes from the Ferrara court are used by Mirga-Tas to tell the story of Polish-Romani identity. The artist transforms these images and motifs by incorporating elements of Polish-Romani culture and ‘disenchanting’ stereotypical narratives about the Roma people.
The work is an attempt to expand the Polish and European iconosphere and art history by presenting Romani culture. In reference to the theme of this year's edition of the Biennale of Art – The Milk of Dreams, the artist will create a world constantly subjected to ‘re-enchantment’ – a kind of shelter offering hope and respite to viewers.
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas's studio in Zakopane, photo: Daniel Rumiancew
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The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue in Polish and English, co-published by Archive Books in Berlin, including texts by curators and essays by writers Ali Smith and Damian Le Basa, researcher Ethel Brooks, as well as poems by Teresa Mirga and Jan Mirga.
A documentary film devoted to Małgorzata Mirga-Tas directed by Anna Zakrzewska (producted by Kijora Film and the Zachęta – National Gallery of Art) will provide an opportunity to get to the artist better, as well as learn about Romani traditions. It also serves as a record of the collective process of creating the exhibition. The film is scheduled to premiere in the autumn of 2022.
The exhibition is curated by Wojciech Szymański and Joanna Warsza, and organised by Zachęta — National Gallery of Art and co-organisec by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the European Institute of Romani Art and Culture (ERIAC), in collaboration with the Polish Institute in Rome.
