PL

01.10 - 28.02.2021

exhibitions

Karolina Wojtas. Abzgram


exhibitions

Address:  IFF Gallery, Racławicka St 99, Fort Mokotów, Building 6

Opening hours: Wednesday to Friday 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Admission fee: free

Exhibition curator: Rafał Milach

“The Republics of the future depend on how their youth is raised…” This is a quote written on the wall of the J. Zamojski Academy. What is a Polish school? Anyone can see that clearly. We can hear Gombrowicz chuckle from beyond the grave. Why? Well, simply because not a lot has changed since his time… He may have battled with the “bum” and the “mug,” schematic ways of thinking, along the lines of Słowacki was a great poet… And he battled with the onslaught of “Form” that spreads its arms over the entire scope of schooling. He wanted for students to think, feel and judge for themselves. Did he manage to get his point across? Nope. Besides the fact that his works ended up on the margins, slated as superfluous and even dangerous for the youth… And here it’s not even about overloading the pupil with information, about the expectation that they ought to be geniuses at physics and chemistry, at math or the humanities. It’s not about backpacks that weigh a ton… It’s more about the fact that we often find ourselves, as the saying goes, “throwing the child out with the bathwater.” Because we end up losing track of what’s important, lost in the middle of all that knowledge. What should schools be responsible for today? Not just education, but cultivating sensibility and an appreciation for literature, open critique, learning to live. The pupil is subject to a constant stream of scholarly consciousness. If we want to see a generation of people free from inhibitions, homophobia, if we want to raise a democratic society of tolerant individuals, open to a multiplicity of cultures, then we have to stop and consider - who will take care of our elders? What will our relations between friends and between family look like? 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Karolina Wojtas (born in 1996) – is a photographer, she studies in Film School Lodz and Institute of Creative Photography in the Czech Republic. She lives in a colorful world of experiment and endless fun. She draws from children’s fantasies and memories. Inspiration may become for her a mess in the garden of her grandfather or a huge slide. Through her exhibition, it is impossible to slip, sometimes covered with brocade or balloons. But you can feel like a child – play, abandon and scrounge.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We ask our guests to take the following measures to stay safe during the pandemic: 

All guests must wear face masks and disinfect their hands before entering the exhibition space. There is a maximum of 10 guests allowed inside the space at a time. Guests are asked to maintain a distance of at least 2M from one another. 

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IFF SPONSORS: Fort Mokotów, White Stone Development, Studio 99, Artibo

The exhibition is part of the Warsaw Gallery Weekend 2020.

OFFER OF WORKS FOR SALE AND RENTAL OF THE EXHIBITION

All photographs shown at the exhibition are available for sale. The full presentation, including dimensions, editions, techniques and prices, can be viewed and downloaded here

For more information please contact us: biuro@fiff.org.pl

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