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This piece from the artist’s graduation project, a graceful and ironic attempt at exploring the presence and position of women in the male-dominated art scene, has become part and parcel of the history of feminist art. Anna Okrasko leans towards humour yet again, this time to comment on the master–female pupil relationship. A female student of Prof. Leon Tarasewicz once wrote on the wall at the academy: “For a review with Tarasewicz, all you need is a pretty dress.” Several years later, the professor showed a number of his paintings at an exhibition abroad, all featuring a regular dotted pattern, all inspired by Andalusian flamenco dancer costumes.

Painter, sculptor, creator of installations and artistic actions. She studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in Prof. Leon Tarasewicz’s studio, and at the Piet Zwart Institute of the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam. Her 2004 final diploma cycle My Professor Paints Stripes and I Paint Dots Because It’s More Girly is an explicit declaration of her artistic interests. She explores private, feminist, and social themes, as well as tropes of artwork production and the art market. She frequently uses text, simple form, and intense colour. She lives and works in Berlin.