Edward Dwurnik, Zofia Rydet, Paweł Althamer <br> PEOPLE

WARSAW GAL­LERY WEEK­END 2025

Edward Dwurnik, Zofia Rydet, Paweł Althamer
PEOPLE

Chochołów, Sławoszyno, Chęciny, Celejów — the exhibition takes place far from art cen­tres, and its protagonists are not artists but the titular People — residents of Polish vil­lages and small towns. The nar­rative unfolds over three decades, from the 1960s to the early 1990s. During that time, indepen­den­tly of each other and out­side the framework of official artistic policy, Edward Dwur­nik and Zofia Rydet embar­ked on their own unique, per­sonal jour­neys deep into the country.
Rafał Bujnowski, Peter Puklus, Zofia Rydet<br>1000 HANDS

2019 exhibitions

Rafał Bujnowski, Peter Puklus, Zofia Rydet
1000 HANDS

Metaphorically and seasonally, the exhibition 1000 Hands suits the climate of the pre-​spring thaw, illuminating a land­scape of exhaustion and approaching, intuitively sensed change. In Polish literature this metaphor car­ries a political dimen­sion. In the works shown together here by Rafał Buj­now­ski (1974–), Peter Puklus (1980–) and Zofia Rydet (1911–1997), what is vital is the very process of trans­for­mation, and the accom­panying ambivalence, the tem­perature of inter­per­sonal relations and the poten­tial of the human hands from the title.
If I Were the Moon

warsaw gal­lery week­end 2018

If I Were the Moon

The post-​romantic figure of the drun­ken artist is fading into the past, leaving behind a land­scape lit­tered with hal­lucinations, depravity, and shat­tered illusions. This is the story of the intimate ties between con­tem­porary art and vodka. Con­ceived as a medley of artworks and documen­tary con­tent, the exhibition features Krzysztof M. Bed­nar­ski, Olaf Brzeski, Michał Budny, Rafał Buj­now­ski, Oskar Dawicki, Edward Dwur­nik, Władysław Hasior, Jerzy Lewczyński, Honorata Martin, Dominika Olszowy, Zbigniew Rogal­ski, Wil­helm Sasnal, and others.
Nobuyoshi Araki, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Eva Koťátková<br>FOREIGN BODIES

2018 exhibitions

Nobuyoshi Araki, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Eva Koťátková
FOREIGN BODIES

Contemporary visual cul­ture treats the body as a plastic material that can be formed, shaped, distor­ted and defor­med as needed or desired. The images gathered for our exhibition are a special col­lec­tion of such bodies sub­jec­ted to various treat­ments and forms of sub­duing and con­trol­ling the body.
The cosmetic masks photographed by Grzeszykow­ska effec­tively reshape the artist’s face. The school les­sons in anatomy in Koťátková’s col­lages results in decon­struc­tion of the holistic unity of body and psyche. Araki’s nudes fran­kly address sexual prac­tices groun­ded in domination.
Friend of a Friend

2018 exhibitions

Friend of a Friend

“Friend of a Friend” is a con­cept based on the prin­ciple of frien­dly col­laboration between con­tem­porary art gal­leries. It puts together Warsaw-​based spaces as hosts with inter­national guests, and thus aims to establish an alter­native plat­form for com­mer­cial gal­leries to present con­tem­porary art. The group exhibition prepared at Raster will inc­lude works by Breyer P-Orridge (1950, UK) from Zurich’s Galerie Bern­hard, Andrea Kvas (1986, IT) and Nick Bastis (1985, US) from Vienna’s Ermes-​Ermes gal­lery, as well as Olaf Brzeski. 
Przemek Matecki<br>SMALL PAINTINGS

2018 exhibition

Przemek Matecki
SMALL PAINTINGS

In his latest series of pain­tings, which he worked on non­stop for the past year or more, Matecki takes on the vast­ness of art. A tan­gible symbol of its fecun­dity is the heavy piles of super­fluous exhibition catalogs and art magazines which the artist brow­ses through in search of inspiring material for his own work. Matecki gives new life to reproduc­tions, trans­for­ming them into sharp, witty miniature oil pain­tings. The treat­ments he applies generate sur­prising effects. Here art is sub­mit­ted to an authorial com­pres­sion and regains its vigor. Often with a single gesture, Matecki extracts the essence from the work of other artists and creates entirely new pain­tings exuding energy and humor, a kind of con­tem­porary, masterly capriccio.
Poster “Are You Really from the Art World”


Poster “Are You Really from the Art World”

The limited edition con­sists of 40 copies, signed and num­bered by the artist

I Have Yet to See


I Have Yet to See

Signed print by Maciejow­ski in a limited edition of 25, based on his 2022 drawing I Have Yet to See, in a format of 100 × 70 cm, priced at PLN 3,200 is available at Raster.

“Vodka and Death” and “Only Vodka”


“Vodka and Death” and “Only Vodka”

Album Wor­kers, published by the Edward Dwur­nik Foun­dation, in a special collector’s edition with an original print signed and stam­ped by the artist. There is a choice of two works—Vodka and Death or Only Vodka—from the Wor­kers series.

“Simurgh Self-Help” Merch Drop


“Simurgh Self-Help” Merch Drop

Part of the show Simurgh Self-​Help is the new merch drop py Slavs and Tatars, inc­luding caps, T-shirts and leg­gings in various colour­ways, featuring themes and slogans from the show: Simurgh—See More. Merch is available exc­lusively at Raster during the exhibition, until July 6, 2024.

Mouth to Mouth

RASTER EDITIONS


Mouth to Mouth

The collective’s monograph inc­ludes all major art works, publications and lecture–performances from the past ten years, with a special screen­print by Slavs and Tatars in limited edition of 100 copies.

Terror

RASTER EDITIONS


Terror

The latest, typo-photo-graphic per­for­mance by Aneta Grzeszykow­ska is an up-to-date political choreography. Using excerpts from her film works, the artist prepared an effec­tive screenprint.

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