Maria Pinińska-Bereś
In the organizer's words:
The GfZK is presenting the first comprehensive solo exhibition of Maria Pinińska-Bereś (1931-1999) in Germany. She is considered one of the most extraordinary personalities of 20th century Polish art. Her work includes sculptures, objects, installations and performances. At the center of her poetic-political art is the examination of femininity and the associated social restrictions.
Alongside colleagues such as Natalia LL and Ewa Partum, Pinińska-Bereś is considered a pioneer of feminist art in Poland. She positioned herself against the structural violence of the state and church and also critically questioned the art world from this perspective. While her sculptural works from the 1950s were still in the modernist tradition, her art later took on neo-avant-garde impulses. She replaced elements made of cement or metal with everyday materials such as papier-mâché or wood and objects such as quilts or aprons. From the 1960s onwards, biomorphic forms increasingly appeared in her work. She reinforced their feminine appearance with the color pink, which became her trademark. Pink as the color of dollhouses and dresses functions as an instrument for preparing girls for their social role in a patriarchal society. By reappropriating this color, Pinińska-Bereś criticized the politics of gender roles and also addressed traumatic experiences.
The retrospective curated by Heike Munder and Jarosław Suchan makes the work of Maria Pinińska-Bereś accessible to an international audience for the first time and intervenes in art history in two ways: one that focuses on the works of (male) artists and one that is written from a Western perspective and excludes, among other things, the multifaceted art production of Eastern Europe in the 20th century. The exhibition not only emphasizes the importance of Pinińska-Bereś for feminist art, but also makes references to Pop Art and Surrealism, for example.
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