Author: Michalina Sablik

Michalina Sablik is an art historian, critic, and curator. She has worked at the Promocyjna Gallery and the Staromiejski Dom Kultury in Warsaw, as well as at the Adam Mickiewicz Institute/Culture.pl. Since 2018, she has curated over 20 exhibitions showcasing the work of Polish, Belarusian, and Ukrainian artists. She collaborates with numerous institutions, galleries, NGOs, and art magazines, and is a member of the AICA association. In 2021 she has curated the exhibition "In these days of tumult, heat and dazzle I retreat in my mind" at the Stefan Gierowski Foundation in Warsaw. The exhibition was recognized by Newsweek Polska as one of the most important in a given year. She is a PhD student at the University of Warsaw, where she conducts research on performance art in Poland and Eastern Europe. More info: https://linktr.ee/michalinasablik
  • FROM THE ASHES

    From the Ashes Zachęta National Gallery in Warsaw | 2024 The world around us is on fire. A figure with a foolish expression is drinking coffee and says: ‘This is fine.’ Humorously sad, reconciled with the raging apocalypse, memes reflect the belief that nature and the human world are like the mythical phoenix, always rising from the…

  • BeHappyAlways

    #behappyalways Warsaw | 2018 Aleksandra Liput’s paintings are pervaded by meatheads, pumped muscles, shaved heads, lenny faces, interspersed with poo emojis, smileys, cocks and rather endearing-looking titties. Members of this peculiar ensemble are determined to awkwardly push their way to the front proudly presenting their genitalia, always primed and ready for some action. Grotesque penises…

  • Apetite

    Apetite Former Ambasador Restaurant in Warsaw | 2019 A P P E T I T E 100g calf tongue, trimmed and boiled100g calf sweetbread, boiled100g calf head cheese, boneless, boiled150g white veal stuffingchopped parsley, salt and pepper to garnish Dice the tongues, sweetbread and cheese finely, mix with other ingredients and stuff into a sausage…

  • Snake Man

    Snake-Man Jak zapomnieć Gallery in Kraków | 2019 So who is the snake-man? a. an illuminatus, or a reptile born from satanic spawn b. a metaphorical lover lost in a desert c. Donald Trump d. your neighbour from flat no.5 e. a gamer addicted to Slither.io f. youtuber under the nick of MattKeck g. a…

  • Poland of Our Dreams

    Poland of Our Dreams Warsaw | 2019 We dream about Poland where nothing is impossible to accomplish. Where everyone will finally be able to always think and say that WE CAN. And we firmly believe that such Poland will come. Poland, and Polish people deserve more. Their dreams can come true; They MUST come true….

  • Beautiful Loosers

    Beautiful Losers Kraków | 2020 What about us with asthma? What about us who failures? What about us who can’t shit properly? What about us who have no orgies and excessive fucking to become detached about? What about us who are broken when our friends fuck our wives? What about us such as me? What…

  • Sen we śnie

    A Dream Within a Dream Warsaw | 2020 site-specific group exhibition in the garden open weekend: 23-24 May 2023   artists: Marceli Adamczyk, Jan Eustachy Wolski, Marta Niedbał, Aleksandra Liput, Øleg&Kaśka, Karolina Jarzębak curators: Dzidy (Michalina Sablik i Aleksandra Liput) photographer: Bartosz Górka     Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from…

  • Year on Protest

    Year on Protests Warsaw | 2021 “A Year of Protests” – An outdoor exhibition of documentary photography during the Month of Photography. Public Protests Archive / RATS Agency / Karol Grygoruk / Grzegorz Wełnicki / Agata Grzybowska / Agata Kubis / Michalina Kuczyńska / Rafał Milach / Joanna Musiał / Dawid Zieliński / Edka Jarząb…

  • Warsaw Preview

    Warsaw Preview II Jazdów | 2020 Warsaw Preview hosted artists for the second time as part of an open-air contemporary art showcase, creating a pleasant picnic atmosphere accompanied by the sounds of DJs from Radio Kapitał. The main theme of the 2020 edition was small sculptural forms. In the park in Jazdów district, creators redefined…