Elżbieta Jabłońska | |
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Born | Elżbieta Anna Jabłońska 1970 (age 53–54)
Olsztyn, Poland |
Other names | Elizabeth Jablonska, Elzbieta Jablonska |
Alma mater | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń |
Occupation | Visual artist |
Known for | Photography, installation art, performance art |
Movement | Post-feminism |
Spouse | Jacek Majewski |
Website | Official website |
Elżbieta Jabłońska (born 1970) [1] is a Polish contemporary visual artist, and professor. [2] [3] She has served as the Chair of Drawing and has taught art at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń since 1996. [4] Jablonska is known for photography, film, installation art, and performance art. [3] Her artwork engages with Polish stereotypes and myths of women, mothers, and the Catholicism. [5] [6] [7] She lives in Bydgoszcz in northern Poland, in a farming cooperative. [4] [8]
Elżbieta Jabłońska was born in 1970 in Olsztyn, Poland. [1] She studied at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, where she graduated with a MA degree in 1995. [4]
She is the widow of Polish musician Jacek Majewski (1966–2006), who co-founded the Mózg Club in Bydgoszcz. [9] Together they have a son that is a noted musician and the subject of many of her photographs, Antoni (Antek) Majewski. [9] [6]
Her artwork deals with clichés of femininity found in Catholicism, as artists, and in motherhood in Poland, as well as various types of social exclusion. [7] [10] [11] Jablonska's most famous work is a self-portrait of the artist dressed as Superman with her son Antek on her lap, in the pose of Virgin Mary with the baby; from the "Supermatka" (English: Supermother) (2002) photo series. [6] [12] Her photo series "Przypadkowa Przyjemność" (English: Accidental Pleasure) (2006) documented the food remains of the artist's culinary activities. [4]
Her public artwork "Nowe Zycie" (English: New Life) (2014) is an oversized neon sign mounted on an Agricultural Production Cooperative found in the village Trzeciewiec in Poland. [13] [14] From May to June 2002, her work "Gry Domowe" (English: Household Games) was presented as part of the AMS Outdoor Gallery, a project shown on 400 billboards in the largest Polish cities and led by Marek Krajewski, Dorota Grobelna, and Lechosław Olszewski. [15]
Jablonska's work was recognized through its inclusion in a major international surveys, including the 7th Construction in Process (2000) held at the Regional Museum, Bydgoszcz in Bydgoszcz; [16] and Global Feminisms (2007) held at the Brooklyn Museum, and curated by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin. [17] Her work was also part of the group exhibitions "Architectures Of Gender: Contemporary Women’s Art In Poland" at SculptureCenter in Long Island; [18] "Hero Mother: Contemporary Art by Post-Communist Women Rethinking Heroism" (2016) at MOMENTUM Berlin in Berlin, curated by Bojana Pejic and Rachel Rits-Volloch; [19] [20] and "Part 2: Maternality" (2020) at Richard Saltoun Gallery in London. [2]
Jablonska's artwork is part of public museum collections including the Zachęta National Gallery of Art, [21] and ING Polish Art Foundation. [22]
Elżbieta Jabłońska | |
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Born | Elżbieta Anna Jabłońska 1970 (age 53–54)
Olsztyn, Poland |
Other names | Elizabeth Jablonska, Elzbieta Jablonska |
Alma mater | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń |
Occupation | Visual artist |
Known for | Photography, installation art, performance art |
Movement | Post-feminism |
Spouse | Jacek Majewski |
Website | Official website |
Elżbieta Jabłońska (born 1970) [1] is a Polish contemporary visual artist, and professor. [2] [3] She has served as the Chair of Drawing and has taught art at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń since 1996. [4] Jablonska is known for photography, film, installation art, and performance art. [3] Her artwork engages with Polish stereotypes and myths of women, mothers, and the Catholicism. [5] [6] [7] She lives in Bydgoszcz in northern Poland, in a farming cooperative. [4] [8]
Elżbieta Jabłońska was born in 1970 in Olsztyn, Poland. [1] She studied at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, where she graduated with a MA degree in 1995. [4]
She is the widow of Polish musician Jacek Majewski (1966–2006), who co-founded the Mózg Club in Bydgoszcz. [9] Together they have a son that is a noted musician and the subject of many of her photographs, Antoni (Antek) Majewski. [9] [6]
Her artwork deals with clichés of femininity found in Catholicism, as artists, and in motherhood in Poland, as well as various types of social exclusion. [7] [10] [11] Jablonska's most famous work is a self-portrait of the artist dressed as Superman with her son Antek on her lap, in the pose of Virgin Mary with the baby; from the "Supermatka" (English: Supermother) (2002) photo series. [6] [12] Her photo series "Przypadkowa Przyjemność" (English: Accidental Pleasure) (2006) documented the food remains of the artist's culinary activities. [4]
Her public artwork "Nowe Zycie" (English: New Life) (2014) is an oversized neon sign mounted on an Agricultural Production Cooperative found in the village Trzeciewiec in Poland. [13] [14] From May to June 2002, her work "Gry Domowe" (English: Household Games) was presented as part of the AMS Outdoor Gallery, a project shown on 400 billboards in the largest Polish cities and led by Marek Krajewski, Dorota Grobelna, and Lechosław Olszewski. [15]
Jablonska's work was recognized through its inclusion in a major international surveys, including the 7th Construction in Process (2000) held at the Regional Museum, Bydgoszcz in Bydgoszcz; [16] and Global Feminisms (2007) held at the Brooklyn Museum, and curated by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin. [17] Her work was also part of the group exhibitions "Architectures Of Gender: Contemporary Women’s Art In Poland" at SculptureCenter in Long Island; [18] "Hero Mother: Contemporary Art by Post-Communist Women Rethinking Heroism" (2016) at MOMENTUM Berlin in Berlin, curated by Bojana Pejic and Rachel Rits-Volloch; [19] [20] and "Part 2: Maternality" (2020) at Richard Saltoun Gallery in London. [2]
Jablonska's artwork is part of public museum collections including the Zachęta National Gallery of Art, [21] and ING Polish Art Foundation. [22]