Agata Ciesielska-Shovkun (PL)
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Polish artist Agata Ciesielska-Shovkun works expressively with mixed graphic techniques and addresses themes such as identity, gender, and power relations. Through explicit imagery and occasional use of text, her works reveal a strongly critical position on these topics.
The prints often show anonymous female figures, sometimes with covered faces and naked bodies in sexually suggestive poses. She uses sentences full of disillusionment and sarcasm to give her women a voice and encourage the viewer to think further about the issues in question. Despite their political message, the collage-like compositions are formed in a poetic visual language.
Agata Ciesielska-Shovkun (PL)
Ciesielska plays with common imagery and compositions found in Renaissance paintings by imitating the settings and poses of the figures. Traditionally, these poses represent goddesses and mythological figures. In her artworks, the “goddesses” are the women of our time who want to be seen and heard and have a voice. Through her expressive works, the classical references become subversive and provocative, giving space to censored voices in society.
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