A storm drain grate, a tyre halfway in the ground, a bicycle stand, a birdhouse, a rubbish bin, a toilet, an advertising pillar, a cement mixer, an old Volkswagen Beetle … Every day objects that we all know, “useful objects”, sometimes visibly worn-out, considered to be of “lower rank”. We use them and take them for granted. We do not care to notice them in their unattractiveness.
Primal Alchemy fragments of a text by Iza Tarasewicz All presented works concern the domination of the sense of sight. Choosing it as the main means of contacting with the audience, the artists invite the viewer to cross over to the other side, where the light is dim, the outlines are blurred and we begin (…)
Danuta Krupska-Sołowiej yet again manages to surprise us with the metamorphosis of her art. However, what changes this time is not only the painting technique. More important is the effort she made to sharpen and improve the way she perceives the world around her.
Eliza Galey is an artist from Lublin connected with the Biała Gallery since making her artistic debut in 2000 as part of the Young Forum of Art. Since then she has created her own very distinctive style. Her main source of inspiration is the Braille alphabet, which over the years has become her trademark.
Bogna Burska – visual artist working in the field of photography, film and installations. Since 2004 she has been making found footage films created as a result of artistic experiments with the “discovered material”. Burska creates collages composed of samples of film narrations, an incredibly “ductile” material which can form cubes with new qualities.
Although it’s hard to call the image of reality that emerges from the monochromatic works by Tomasz Bielak an optimistic one, the artist avoids moralizing. He is rather trying to create a SUBjective narration on a society that has long ceased to react to the medication prescribed by conservative doctors
Marzanna Morozewicz’s works prepared especially for the Biała Gallery are reminiscences of her recent journey around eastern China. The inspiration both for the works and the title of the exhibition were Chinese gardens. The gardens placed inside courtyards were designed in such a way that the windows surrounding them would “open” the sights and images (…)
