Accompanying event of the solo exhibition of Aleksander Kienc ‘Venus in the mist - we're all naked’

Event date: 01.04.2020 - 18:00 to 02.04.2020 - 17:45

ArtBrut Gallery & Studio would like to invite you to the accompanying event of the solo exhibition by Aleksander Kienc VENUS IN THE MIST – WE'RE ALL NAKED.

When: Wednesday 1 April 2020, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Radio Wrocław Kultura / link: https://www.radiowroclawkultura.pl

The meeting on the main theme of works by the art brut artist Aleksander Kienc, will focus on sexuality of people with disabilities and their double isolation in the current situation. We know Venus de Milo, the one from the foam of the sea, Callipyge – famous for her beautiful buttocks. But in the mist? It would seem that the goddess of love should show up in the full sunshine. The mist conceals her beauty and her vocation. But on the other hand, the fog expresses anxiety and uncertainty, when it spills in space taking away clear contours from objects and people, and adding amorphism and mystery.

During the broadcast on Radio Kultura we will talk not only about art, the mist and Venus hiding her truth therein, but also about the sexuality of persons with mental disabilities, their feelings and dreams, relationships and lack of acceptance for these dreams by people and exclusion from society.

Aleksander Kienc, who creates fine art nude drawings, is not ashamed of his works. Once, during a public debate, he provocatively asked: "Do you really think we're worse?" The answers to this question, but also to many others, will be sought jointly by journalist Katarzyna Kaczorowska and her guests: author of the exhibition Venus in the mist – Alexander Kienc; artist's mother – Henryka Hanusiak; curator, visual artist and artistic mentor of the exhibition – Małgorzata Rel; professor Remigiusz Kijak – educator of students with special needs, sex therapist, author of publications on sexuality and parenting of people with intellectual disabilities and Jacek Zachodny artist, co-ordinator of artistic activities in the ArtBrut Gallery & Studio.

More about the exhibition

Due to the current epidemiological situation we decided to move our event to the Internet platform. The meeting will be broadcasted via Skype on Radio Wrocław Kultura and will be available online live at: https://www.radiowroclawkultura.pl/#home.
Link where you can listen to the online broadcast: https://www.radiowroclaw.pl/articles/view/95088/Sztuka-w-RWK-14-2020/

The exhibition has been organised within a public task entitled: RUNNING ARTBRUT GALLERY AND STUDIO FOR SOCIO-CULTURAL INCLUSION FOR PERSONS WITH INTELLECTIAL DISABILITIES AND MENTAL DISORDERS IN THE YEARS 2019–2021 financed by the Municipality of Wroclaw.

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Accompanying event of the solo exhibition of Aleksander Kienc ‘Venus in the mist - we're all naked’