Paulina Olowska
Applied fantastic / 16.08.2017 18:30
Location: Museum der ModerneLanguage: English
Location: Mönchsberg 32, 5020 Salzburg
Before the artist’s talk at 5.30 p.m., Antonia Lotz, curator of the Generali Foundation collection, will give a guided tour of the Foto Kinetik exhibition she curated in the Museum of Modern Art Salzburg.
Paulina Olowska’s presentation will be followed by a conversation between Sabine Breitwieser and the artist. Sabine Breitwieser has been director of the Museum of
Modern Art Salzburg since 2013.
A co-operation between the Summer Academy and the Museum of Modern Art Salzburg.
Location: Mönchsberg 32, 5020 Salzburg
Before the artist’s talk at 5.30 p.m., Antonia Lotz, curator of the Generali Foundation collection, will give a guided tour of the Foto Kinetik exhibition she curated in the Museum of Modern Art Salzburg.
Paulina Olowska’s presentation will be followed by a conversation between Sabine Breitwieser and the artist. Sabine Breitwieser has been director of the Museum of
Modern Art Salzburg since 2013.
A co-operation between the Summer Academy and the Museum of Modern Art Salzburg.
“Applied fantastic” is a term first used by Polish journalistand writer Leopold Tyrmand in the 1960s to describe how fashion at the time was characterised by “necessary improvisation”. By this he meant a certain way of combining raw materials to mimic a popular style that was unattainable because of economics or location, and in doing so creating something stranger and richer.
When I first heard this term, I immediately responded. I felt it resonated with my own practice, and I wanted to explore more deeply the possible outcomes of this method of appropriation. In the lecture, I will present historical reference materials from fashion and life-style magazines, such as the Polish women’s league’s Ty i Ja, as well as my own installation, performance and painting works which have been influenced by my findings.
Biography:
Paulina Olowska