Polish pavilion explained

The Polish pavilion houses Poland's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

Organization and building

The pavilion was originally designated for Venetian decorative arts as part of Brenno Del Giudice's Sant'Elena Island complex designed and built in 1932.

Representation by year

Art

• 1970 — Jozef Szajna, " Reminiscences"
• 1980 — Magdalena Abakanowicz, "Embryology"
• 1993 — Mirosław Bałka, "Soap Corridor"
• 1995 — Roman Opalka
• 1999 — Katarzyna Kozyra, "Men's Bathhouse" (honorary mention)
• 2003 — Stanisław Dróżdż, "ALEA IACTA EST" project (Curator: Paweł Sosnowski)
• 2005 — Artur Żmijewski, " Repetition"
• 2007 — Monika Sosnowska, "1:1" (Curator: Sebastian Cichocki)
• 2009 — Krzysztof Wodiczko, " Guests " (Curator: Bożena Czubak)
• 2011 — Yael Bartana, "And Europe will be stunned" (Curators: Sebastian Cichocki, Galit Eilat)
• 2013 — Konrad Smolenski, "Everything was forever until it was no more" audio installation (Curators: Agnieszka Pindera, Daniel Muzyczuk)
• 2015 — Joanna Malinowska and C. T. Jasper, "Halka/Haiti 18°48’05″N 72°23’01″W"(Curator: Magdalena Moskalewicz)
• 2017 — Sharon Lockhart, "Little Review" (Curator: Barbara Piwowarska)^[1]
• 2019 — Roman Stańczak (Curators: Łukasz Mojsak, Łukasz Ronduda)^[2]
• 2022 — Małgorzata Mirga-Tas (Curators: Wojciech Szymański and Joanna Warsza)^[3]

Bibliography

• Web site: Russeth . Andrew . The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know . . 2019-04-17 . en-US . 2019-04-22 . mdy-all .
• Book: Volpi, Cristiana . Re Rebaudengo . Adele . 2013 . Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale . Poland . 177 . Contrasto . Rome . 978-88-6965-440-4 .

Further reading

• Web site: Frearson . Amy . Polish Pavilion curators campaign for better working conditions . Dezeen . 2016-06-01 . en . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Greenberger . Alex . Roman Stanczak Will Represent Poland at the 2019 Venice Biennale . . 2019-02-05 . en-US . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all.
• Web site: Polish Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale . . 2015-05-04 . en . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all .
• Web site: Wei . Lilly . Poland's Venice Pavilion Explores Haiti's Polish Connection . . 2015-04-29 . en-US . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all.

Notes and References

1. Alex Greenberger (October 19, 2016), Sharon Lockhart Will Represent Poland at the 2017 Venice Biennale ARTnews.
2. Alex Greenberger (February 5, 2019), Roman Stanczak Will Represent Poland at the 2019 Venice Biennale ARTnews.
3. José da Silva (17 December 2021), Venice Biennale 2022: all the national pavilions, artists and curators The Art Newspaper.