Whoispola

18/07/2025

17/07/2025

Jan Baszak
Letztraum

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Curated by &
Centrum Kultury ZAMEK, Poznań

Two-Headed Goat (2025)
materials: wood, upholstery foam, worn black socks, glass eyes, recycled reindeer hooves

ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱɪᴍᴜʟᴛᴀɴᴇᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ᴀꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴡᴀᴋᴇ, ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴇꜱ, ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ. ᴀ ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏɴ-ɴᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴꜰɪɴɪꜱʜᴇᴅ. ɪᴛ ᴇᴠᴏᴋᴇꜱ ꜰʀᴀɢᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʀʏ ꜱᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛɪᴇꜱ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀᴛᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴛᴛᴀɪɴ ꜱʜᴀʀᴇᴅ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴏʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴀ ʀᴇᴍɪɴᴅᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏꜱꜱɪʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ, ɴᴏɴ-ʙɪɴᴀʀʏ ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ. ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ɴᴇᴡ ʙᴇɪɴɢꜱ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴏʟᴅ ꜰᴏʀᴍꜱ ᴄᴀʀʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴇꜱ. ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ʜᴏᴏᴠᴇꜱ, ꜰᴜʀ, ᴛᴀɪʟꜱ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ.

Horse Eating Its Own Tail (2025)
materials: wood, upholstery foam, worn black socks, latex, metal, horse hair

ᴇxᴘᴏꜱᴇᴅ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴠᴜʟɴᴇʀᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴢᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴜʀ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍꜱᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜰᴏʀᴍ ᴀ ʜᴇʀᴅ, ᴜɴᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪᴠɪꜱɪᴏɴꜱ. ᴀɴ ᴇɢᴀʟɪᴛᴀʀɪᴀɴ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴀʟ ꜱᴛᴀʏꜱ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴏʀɴ. ꜱᴇᴘᴀʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴛꜱ ʙᴏᴅʏ, ᴀ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴇᴀᴛꜱ ɪᴛꜱ ᴛᴀɪʟ. ʟᴏᴏᴘᴇᴅ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱꜰᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ꜱʏᴍʙᴏʟ, ᴀ ꜱɪɢɴ, ᴀ ꜰʀᴀɢᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴏʀ ꜱʟɪᴠᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇᴅ.

General Ghost I – Cow (2025)
materials: pine wood, recycled cowhide, metal, recycled jeans and cotton

ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪɢᴜʀᴇꜱ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ꜰᴜʟʟʏ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱɪᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴋᴇʟᴇᴛᴏɴ, ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴇ, ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛɪʟʟɴᴇꜱꜱ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʙʏꜱꜱᴀʟ. ɪᴍᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ. ɪɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴅɪꜱꜱᴏʟᴠᴇꜱ ɪɴ ꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ǫᴜɪᴇᴛʟʏ ᴘᴇʀꜱɪꜱᴛ ɪɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴅᴀʏ ʟɪꜰᴇ. ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘꜱ ᴀʀɪꜱᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴏᴡɴ: ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀʀᴀɴɢᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅɪᴇꜱ, ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʀᴇꜱᴛ, ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʙꜱᴇɴᴛ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ.

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ᴇxᴄᴇʀᴘᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀᴀᴛᴏʀɪᴀʟ ᴛᴇxᴛ
ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏɪɴɢ ʟᴇᴛᴢᴛʀᴀᴜᴍ
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📸

10/07/2025

“Letztraum,” an outstanding and deeply evocative solo exhibition by , curated by and with curatorial support from , is currently on view at . The show is the culmination of an artistic residency

“ᴇxᴘᴏsᴇᴅ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴠᴜʟɴᴇʀᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀᴢᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴜʀ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴇxɪsᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍsᴇʟᴠᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ.
ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜰᴏʀᴍ ᴀ ʜᴇʀᴅ, ᴜɴᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪᴠɪsɪᴏɴs. ᴀɴ ᴇɢᴀʟɪᴛᴀʀɪᴀɴ sᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇs.
ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴀʟ sᴛᴀʏs ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ʙᴏʀɴ. sᴇᴘᴀʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴛs ʙᴏᴅʏ, ᴀ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴇᴀᴛs ɪᴛs ᴛᴀɪʟ.
ʟᴏᴏᴘᴇᴅ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴛʀᴀɴsꜰᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ sʏᴍʙᴏʟ, ᴀ sɪɢɴ, ᴀ ꜰʀᴀɢᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ ᴏʀ sʟɪᴠᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇᴅ.”

An excerpt from the curatorial text accompanying “Letztraum”.

“Foal” (2025)
Materials: wood, upholstery foam, worn black socks, glass eyes

“Pigeon” (2025)
Materials: wire, upholstery foam, worn brown socks, glass eyes

“Horse Eating Its Own Tail” (2025)
Materials: wood, upholstery foam, worn black socks, latex, metal, horse hair

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09/07/2025

We are thrilled to announce Julia Woronowicz’s solo exhibition “Princess of the Three Hills” during Warsaw Gallery Weekend.

ᴊᴜʟɪᴀ ᴡᴏʀᴏɴᴏᴡɪᴄᴢ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴇɴɢᴀɢᴇᴅ ꜰᴇᴍɪɴɪꜱᴛ ɴᴀʀʀᴀᴛɪᴠᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇʀɢᴇ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴄʀɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ꜱʜᴀᴘɪɴɢ ꜰᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪᴛʏ. ʜᴇʀ ᴀʀᴛɪꜱᴛɪᴄ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴇ ꜰᴏᴄᴜꜱᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ᴄᴏʀᴘᴏʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ, ɪɴʜᴇʀɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʀᴀᴜᴍᴀ, ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ, ᴀʟʟ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴛᴡɪɴᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴅᴀʏ ʟɪꜰᴇ. ꜱʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛꜱ ꜱʏᴍʙᴏʟɪᴄ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅꜱ, ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ ᴜꜱɪɴɢ ᴇxᴀɢɢᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ʜᴜᴍᴏʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ɢʀᴏᴛᴇsᴘᴜᴇ. ʜᴇʀ ᴡᴏʀᴋꜱ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴇᴛʜɴᴏꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴꜱ—ꜱᴘᴇᴄᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢᴇ ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ɴᴏʀᴍꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ǫᴜᴇꜱᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘᴀᴛʀɪᴀʀᴄʜᴀʟ ꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ.

07/07/2025

Documentation of Paulina Pawłowska’s performance at Newfears Gallery.




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03/07/2025

Marianna Rodziewicz / Drżenie

Galeria Szaber
The exhibition is open until July 11th

curator: Kuba Skoczek
photos by

.galeria

07/06/2025

📣 Join us for a guided tour of the exhibition LOOKALIKES by Katarzyna Kozyra and Sebastian Winkler.
The tour will be led by Sebastian Winkler, who will discuss the exhibition’s key themes, the process behind its creation, and the context of the artistic collaboration.

🗓 Saturday, June 7, 2025
🕓 4:00 PM
📍 [WHOISPOLA, Londyńska 13]

Stick around after the tour for focaccia and prosecco. See you there! 🍞🥂

24/05/2025

LOOKALIKES

Katarzyna Kozyra | Sebastian Winkler

Sebastian Winkler
„Slicing The Picture Plane Into Parts Causes Anxiety”, 2025
Pigment print, glue, acrylic on canvas, 180 x 150 cm

Katarzyna Kozyra
„Tribute to Gloria Vi**ra: Birthday Party”, 2005
One chanel video (color), 4:3 PAL, sound

Sebastian Winkler
„Lookalike Contest I”, 2025
Pigment print, glue, acrylic on canvas, 180 x 120 cm



📷Bartosz Górka

The exhibition will run until June 14

22/05/2025

This week, NADA Villa Warsaw, we show the works by Marianna Rodziewicz, Sebastian Winkler and Julia Woronowicz
Open until May 25

Marianna Rodziewicz
„Chiroptera”, 2025
Acrylic on 3D print, 26 x 20 x 9 cm

Marianna Rodziewicz
„Embraces of Venomous Beauty” 2025
Acrylic on 3D print, 27 x 16 x 38 cm

Julia Woronowicz
„Drizzle”, 2025
Oil on canvas, 200 x 150 cm
(detail)

Sebastian Winkler
„Kiss”, 2024
Inkjet print, acrylic on canvas, 140 x 100 cm
(detail)

20/05/2025

This week, NADA Villa Warsaw, May 22-25. We’ll be presenting works by Marianna Rodziewicz, Sebastian Winkler and Julia Woronowicz

Julia Woronowicz
„Eagleess in Slumber”, 2025
Oil on canvas, wooden frame, 115 x 135 cm

Marianna Rodziewicz
„Chiroptera”, 2025
3D printing, acrylic, 26 x 20 x 9 cm

Julia Woronowicz
„Drizzle”, 2025
Oil on canvas, 200 x 150 cm
(detail)

Marianna Rodziewicz
„Embraces of Venomous Beauty” 2025
3D printing, acrylic, 27 x 16 x 38

Sebastian Winkler
„Kiss”, 2024
Inkjet print, acrylic on canvas, 140 x 100 cm
(detail)

19/05/2025

LOOKALIKES

Katarzyna Kozyra | Sebastian Winkler

Katarzyna Kozyra
„Il Castrato”, 2006
Performance and film from the series „In Art Dreams Come True”, 2003-2008
One chanel video (color), 4:3 PAL, sound
film: 16’00’’

Sebastian Winkler
„Skinhead_boots_football_socks_arse_”, 2025
Digital print, metal, polyurethane, 180 x 70 x 120 cm



„Katarzyna Kozyra’s third work featured in the exhibition, „Il Castrato” (2006), draws on the aesthetics of Baroque opera. In this piece, Kozyra assumes the role of a drag queen, led from the crowd to the centre of the stage, where she is undressed and subjected to a ceremonial castration – the cutting off of a prosthetic p***s with scissors. As described on the artist’s website, this work represents an escape from the doppelgänging: ‘Whereas in earlier projects in the series Kozyra sought to incarnate herself, to transform ... into a woman, a princess, a star, in this episode she returns to her boyish appearance in order to perform an almost literal castration on herself, posing the question: is gender just a costume?’ […]The theme of Kozyra’s video is echoed by a sculpture of a skinhead, standing, or – in fact – crouching in the centre of the exhibition space. Inspired by an amateur photograph discovered online, the sculpture alludes to pornographic imagery, B**M fantasies, and the gay fear of queerphobic aggression. When compared to the photographic prototype, it becomes clear that the sculptural skinhead lookalike has been stripped of his p***s. The expulsion of patriarchally celebrated ph***ic symbolism in favour of shamed anality underpins the work’s obscenity, while its awkward, oversized three-dimensional form ensures it is impossible to overlook.”

Excerpt from the text of Piotr Fortuna
Translation by Maria Wańkowicz-Siwecka



📷 Bartosz Górka

The exhibition will run until June 14

09/05/2025

LOOKALIKES
KATARZYNA KOZYRA | SEBASTIAN WINKLER

May 17 | 6 pm | Londyńska 13

„𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘻𝘺𝘯𝘢 𝘒𝘰𝘻𝘺𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 (𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯), 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 – 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 – 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘰𝘻𝘺𝘳𝘢 𝘣𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴?”

Excerpt from the text by Piotr Fortuna
Translation: Maria Wańkowicz-Siwecka

The following were used to promote the event: video still from ‚Tribute to Gloria Vi**ra. Birthday party’ by Katarzyna Kozyra and an excerpt from the work ‚Some visual practices cause vision loss’ by Sebastian Winkler.