{"id":10382,"date":"2025-04-28T12:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?p=10382"},"modified":"2025-04-28T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:25:24","slug":"a-visual-homage-to-sophie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2025\/04\/28\/a-visual-homage-to-sophie\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition: A Visual Homage to Sophie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Dates:&nbsp;25 April \u2013 1 June 2025, Location:&nbsp;Hundred Heroines Museum, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Elzbieta-Wojcik-Leese_Incongruously-photomontoage-on-vintage-bookcover-1024x1002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Elzbieta-Wojcik-Leese_Incongruously-photomontoage-on-vintage-bookcover-1024x1002.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Elzbieta-Wojcik-Leese_Incongruously-photomontoage-on-vintage-bookcover-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Elzbieta-Wojcik-Leese_Incongruously-photomontoage-on-vintage-bookcover-768x752.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Elzbieta-Wojcik-Leese_Incongruously-photomontoage-on-vintage-bookcover.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Exploring themes of gender, mental health, creativity, and exile, the exhibitions present a powerful reimagining of Sophie\u2019s story &#8211; one shaped by brilliance, resilience, and historical neglect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Born in Galicia, then part of the Austria-Hungary, Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska lived and worked across Europe and the US, writing in English, French and her native Polish,&nbsp;and resisting the limitations imposed by early 20th-century societal norms. Despite her significant&nbsp;output &#8211; including an 800-page diary, short stories,&nbsp;poetry, social commentary, and a novel &#8211; most of her work remains unpublished and largely unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Monika-Sosnowski-Warning-for-the-Lunatics-722x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Monika-Sosnowski-Warning-for-the-Lunatics-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Monika-Sosnowski-Warning-for-the-Lunatics-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Monika-Sosnowski-Warning-for-the-Lunatics.jpg 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Responding to Sophie\u2019s life and writings, three distinct yet interlinked exhibitions offer new perspectives on her creative legacy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I Also Fight Windmills<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A photographic series by Polish-British artist Ania Ready, drawing on the writings of modernist author Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska. The title echoes Sophie\u2019s defiant self-comparison to Don Quixote &#8211; \u201cI also fight windmills\u201d &#8211; capturing her creative resilience in the face of marginalisation. Inspired by Sophie\u2019s life as a migrant woman navigating Paris, New York and London in pursuit of a literary career, the series explores themes of displacement, artistic ambition, emotional isolation and mental health. Through staged, black-and-white images of cinematographic quality, Ready employs impersonation and performative photography to reimagine Sophie\u2019s story and reflect on the societal constraints and psychological struggles she endured. The series was published as a photobook in 2023 under the same title.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Hysterical-self-portraits-TiT-collective-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Hysterical-self-portraits-TiT-collective-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Hysterical-self-portraits-TiT-collective-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Hysterical-self-portraits-TiT-collective-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Hysterical-self-portraits-TiT-collective-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/Hysterical-self-portraits-TiT-collective-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>We Also Fight Windmills<\/em><\/strong><br>An international collaboration led by Ania Ready, featuring nearly 30 artists and writers from seven countries&nbsp;who responded to the contents of&nbsp;<em>I Also Fight Windmills&nbsp;<\/em>photobook. The project spans photography, collage, poetry, drawing and embroidery, forming a moving collective response to Sophie\u2019s experiences and the enduring relevance of her voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Hysterical Women (Projection)<\/strong><br>Presented by the T\u00a1T Collective &#8211; a network of Polish women photographers &#8211; this video installation channels the themes of hysteria, identity, and gender through self-portraiture, inspired by Sophie\u2019s novel written in Polish entitled&nbsp;<em>Hysterical Women<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Running through to 1 June, the exhibition is accompanied by a public programme, including a talk by Ania Ready (10 May) on her book&nbsp;<em>I Also Fight Windmills<\/em>&nbsp;and a presentation by Laia Abril on&nbsp;<em>On Mass Hysteria<\/em>. Expect thoughtful discussion, creative exchange, and even Polish tea and cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Join us in rediscovering a forgotten voice, and celebrating contemporary creativity across borders, generations, and disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">These events form part of the centenary commemorations of Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska\u2019s death in 1925, in a mental asylum in Gloucester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Opening times: Friday &#8211; Sunday ( 11am &#8211; 4 pm<\/strong>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Find out more: <a href=\"https:\/\/hundredheroines.org\/exhibition\/a-visual-homage-to-sophie-gaudier-brzeska\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dates:&nbsp;25 April \u2013 1 June 2025, Location:&nbsp;Hundred Heroines Museum, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire Exploring themes of gender, mental health, creativity, and exile, the exhibitions present a powerful reimagining of Sophie\u2019s story &#8211; one shaped by brilliance, resilience, and historical neglect. 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Through staged, black-and-white images of cinematographic quality, Ready employs impersonation and performative photography to reimagine Sophie\u2019s story and reflect on the societal constraints and psychological struggles she endured. The series was published as a photobook in 2023 under the same title.\nWe Also Fight WindmillsAn international collaboration led by Ania Ready, featuring nearly 30 artists and writers from seven countries who responded to the contents of I Also Fight Windmills photobook. The project spans photography, collage, poetry, drawing and embroidery, forming a moving collective response to Sophie\u2019s experiences and the enduring relevance of her voice.\nHysterical Women (Projection)Presented by the T\u00a1T Collective - a network of Polish women photographers - this video installation channels the themes of hysteria, identity, and gender through self-portraiture, inspired by Sophie\u2019s novel written in Polish entitled Hysterical Women.\nRunning through to 1 June, the exhibition is accompanied by a public programme, including a talk by Ania Ready (10 May) on her book I Also Fight Windmills and a presentation by Laia Abril on On Mass Hysteria. Expect thoughtful discussion, creative exchange, and even Polish tea and cake.\nJoin us in rediscovering a forgotten voice, and celebrating contemporary creativity across borders, generations, and disciplines.\nThese events form part of the centenary commemorations of Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska\u2019s death in 1925, in a mental asylum in Gloucester.\nOpening times: Friday - Sunday ( 11am - 4 pm)\nFind out more: HERE"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2025\/04\/28\/a-visual-homage-to-sophie\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/A-Visual-Homage-to-Sophie-Hundred-Heroines-Museum-poster.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/04\/A-Visual-Homage-to-Sophie-Hundred-Heroines-Museum-poster.jpg","width":793,"height":1118},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2025\/04\/28\/a-visual-homage-to-sophie\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Exhibition: A Visual Homage to Sophie"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/#website","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/","name":"Instytut Polski w Londynie","description":"Instytuty Polskie","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"pl-PL"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/#\/schema\/person\/650660f82290e905505348ef8ca79a33","name":"konopkab","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb1006bc5b4ae26fa605cdf675d5e97c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb1006bc5b4ae26fa605cdf675d5e97c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"konopkab"},"url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/author\/konopkab\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10382"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10397,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10382\/revisions\/10397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}