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Jadwiga Sawicka’s oeuvre is a rich collection of written paintings. In Zero Pleasure, the artist yet again renders a banal expression, commonly used in the media, in a manner multiplying its sense. What are the source and content of the phrase itself? What is the actual sense of the rather disturbing title? An excerpt from a piece by the artist may offer an attempt at a response: “Restriction and enclosure. Security and control. Voluntary renunciation of privileges in exchange for partial access to certain rights. Microscopic wounds, illusory drama, and all that fuss about nothing.”

Painter, creator of objects, installations and photographs. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where she studied in Prof. Jerzy Nowosielski’s studio. She began with expressive pieces, becoming consistent in combining text with image since the 1990s, quoting the TV, press, and internet. Deprived of their original context, all become apt commentaries on public ambience. Her works, such as We Won, They Cried, and Obedient, have been produced as canvases, billboards, wallpaper, posters, and book covers. Sawicka has also created series of clothing, floral and cosmetic renditions with fictitious advertising slogans. She frequently collaborates with Marek Horwat on photographic and graphic projects. Winner of the Jan Cybis Award (2013) and Katarzyna Kobro Award (2016). She lives and works in Przemyśl.