{"id":7847,"date":"2024-06-04T07:33:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T05:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?p=7847"},"modified":"2024-06-20T10:55:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T08:55:07","slug":"recreating-home-contemporary-art-exhibition-by-ania-ruszkowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2024\/06\/04\/recreating-home-contemporary-art-exhibition-by-ania-ruszkowski\/","title":{"rendered":"’Recreating Home’ contemporary art exhibition by Ania Ruszkowski"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2nd – 13th June, POSK Gallery, Hammersmith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All welcome to the *Private View & 'In Conversation’ Tuesday 4th June 6pm at POSK Gallery POSK, 238-246 King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 0RF (2 minutes\u2019 walk away from Ravenscourt Park tube station). when Ania Ruszkowski will speak to Dr Julia Griffin about her artistic practice and the influences of her Anglo-Polish identity on her work.<\/p>\n\n\n

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From the Artist <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Polish heritage has influenced me to examine how to represent the British and the migrant identity when they converge. <\/em>Recreating Home<\/em><\/strong> was inspired by personal experiences of the dwelling my parents reconstructed in the UK after being displaced and losing their homes during the Second World War. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My intention is to explore how two distinct cultures become intertwined to form a unique hybrid legacy of their own. Through my emblematic use of ornamentation and engagement with patterns and everyday objects I endeavour to capture my family\u2019s dual Anglo-Polish cultures and histories as the past entwines with the present. Merging themes of the home and personal belongings with memories from the past, my paintings form a narrative which continues beyond the picture frame.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Ania Ruszkowski<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ania Ruszkowski is a contemporary Anglo-Polish artist. She trained as a portraitist at the Art Academy London and has been recently elected a member of The Association of Polish Artists in Great Britain. Her paintings weave an intricate tapestry-like pattern, intertwining her hybrid cultural identity, heritage and life story.

Ania’s paintings are characterised by a number of recurrent motifs, including distinctive tabletops, dressed and adorned in celebration of her Anglo-Polish background. She represents a miscellany of everyday objects such as poetry books by the Polish Noble Prize winner Czes\u0142aw Mi\u0142osz, Laura Ashley fabrics, Mazowsze Polish folk dance group posters, British wallpapers, Boles\u0142awiec pottery teacups inspired by Polish folk art and Habitat vases. In so doing, she places her two nationalities side by side. Her still lifes are a blend of objects, a patchwork of symbols, that bring together her two cultures, connecting her to both her countries. They are effectively hidden portraits which go beyond mimetic representation to explore who we are through our home and the belongings we identify ourselves by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her work draws on historical and contemporary inspirations, bearing the hand of Polish folk artists and graphic designers like Waldemar \u015a<\/em>wierzy, whilst also referencing contemporary illustrators and painters of still lifes such as Nikki Maloof and Hilary Pecis. Ania\u2019s paintings demonstrate her creative journey, including her experimental quest for visual metaphors of identity and memory.

Ania seeks to showcase and preserve her Anglo-Polish culture. Her paintings are a room of curiosity and comfort, a tie to her parents, a link to those who have passed away. She paints a space of belonging, a safe home, a place in which to settle, rooted in her past, sealed with passion and pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhibition curated by Ania Ruszkowski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Website: https:\/\/www.aniaruszkowski.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhibitions and Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n