Paulina Olowska

Kunsthalle Basel, Basel

Pavilionesque. The exhibition features a three-dimensional model, or a life-size sketch for a wooden pavilion - a kind of functional sculpture that serves as a setting for performances, but also for the presentation of newly produced works, such as paintings, ceramics, sculptures, and puppets.

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Pavilionesque, a Polish artist Paulina Olowska’s first solo exhibition in Switzerland at Kunsthalle Basel, features a three-dimensional model, or a life-size sketch for a wooden pavilion - a kind of functional sculpture that serves as a setting for performances, but also for the presentation of newly produced works, such as paintings, ceramics, sculptures, and puppets. All these works are informed by the idea of creating a contemporary form of puppet/performance/cabaret theatre. The exhibition brings together all these minor genres in the work of art that may be not only viewed but actually entered.

The exhibition is made possible by the generous support of
LUMA Foundation, Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, Adam Mickiewicz Institute

Paulina Olowska (born 1976 in Gedansk, Poland) lives and works in Raba Nizna, Poland.

Solo exhibitions (selection): The Method, Studio Voltaire, London (2013); Gestural Lecture with Spectacular Form, Casa del Lago, Mexiko (2012); Cafe Bar, The Gallery of 20th century Polish Art, Krakau (2011); The Revenge of the Wise-Woman, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw (2011); Accidental Collages, Tramway, Glasgow (2010); The Magnificent Seven, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2010); Shadow with a Sneak, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2009); Zofia Stryjeńska (curated by Paulina Olowska), 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2008); Noël sur le balcon/Hold the color (with Lucy McKenzie), Sammlung Goetz, Munich (cat.) (2007); Salty Water/What of Salty Water (with Bonnie Camplin), Portikus, Frankfurt/Main (2007); Hello to you too, Cabinet, London (2006); Center of Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (2006); Painting – Neon Exchange, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw (2006); Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Installation, Sammlung Provinzial Versicherung (2005); Metaloplastyka, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne (2005); Sie musste die Idee eines Hauses als Metapher verwerfen, Kunstverein Braunschweig (2004).

Group Exhibitions (selection): Olinka, or Where Movement is Created, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico (2012); Volcano Extravaganza, Fiorucci Art Trust, Stromboli (2012); We Aren’t Musicians, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2012); Words in the World, Museum of Modern Art, New York (2012); Dla Was – For You, Muzeum Sztuki w Todzi, Lodz (2012); Quodlibet III – Alphabets and Instruments, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin (2011); The Power of Fantasy, Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts, Bussels (2011); Ostalgia, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2011); Bellevue: Contemporary Painting from the Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2011); Jerzy Kolecki / Plakaty Z Theatru Lalek W Rabce, (exhibition presented by Galeria ZPAF and Paulina Olowska), Galeria ZPAF, Krakow (2011); Modernologies, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2010); Early Years, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2010); While Bodies Get Mirrored, Migros Museum, Zurich (2010); Sammlung Reininghaus bei Phoenix, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg (2010); Head-Wig (Portrait of an exhibition) (curated by Paulina Olowska), Camden Arts Centre, London (2010); Modernologies - Contemporary artists researching modernity and modernism, MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (2009); Moby Dick, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2009); When things cast no shadow, 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2008); Ceramics and other Things, daadgalerie, Berlin (2008); Estratos, Contemporaray Art Project, Murcia (2008); Le Nuage Magellan, Centre Pompidou, Paris (2007); Anachronism, Agros, Centre for Art and Media, Brussels (2007); The Gay Sciene, Moving Pictures & Living Money, Cabinet Gallery, London (2006); The Subversive Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2006); 9th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (2005); Who If Not We Should At Least Try To Imagine The Future Of All This? - Time and Again, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam (2004); Always Already Passé, GBE at Passerby, New York (2004).

Image: Paulina Olowska, Pavilionesque, invitation card, Kunsthalle Basel 2013, Design: Joannna Zielinska

Opening: 12 Jun, 7pm

Kunsthalle Basel
Steinenberg 7, Basel
Opening hours: Tue/Wed/Fri 11am–6pm · Thu 11am–8.30pm · Sat/Sun 11am–5pm
Admission: CHF 10.-/6.- incl. S AM Swiss Architecture Museum

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