ÉLODIE ANTOINE
ROSALÍA BANET
WIEBKE BARTSCH
BARBARA BERNSTEINER
TANIA CANDIANI
BARBARA CAVENG
LADA CERAR
ANDREJKA ČUFER
JOCHEN FLINZER
CLAUS FÖTTINGER
ZUZANNA JANIN
METKA KAVČIČ
JUSTYNA KOEKE
MICHAEL KOS
EDUARD LESJAK
MARTIN LÖFFKE
POLONA MAHER
ISA MELSHEIMER
JANET MORTON
ALEN OŽBOLT
SANDRINE PELLETIER
MARIJA MOJCA PUNGERČAR
IRIS SCHIEFERSTEIN
SAŠO SEDLAČEK
CHIHARU SHIOTA
KEI TAKEMURA
ANDRÉ TEMPEL
ANU TUOMINEN
JULIA VAN KOOLWIJK
MARJOLIJN VAN DER MEIJ
PETRA VARL
PATRICIA WALLER
SILKE WAWRO

Zuzanna Janin


Security Service. Let's Have a Rest, 2005 (foam, clothes)

In the work entitled Security Service. Let's Have a Rest, thread is used as a means of creation
of the artwork. It is visible as a stitch binding the garments of public workers into a piece of cloth. The fabric enwraps or virtually dresses up three pillows casually placed in the space, and thus the work acquires its applied value. In this work, the essence of the sitting objects, which invoke perception through the criteria of design products, is consciously employed in the manner of pluralistic strategies of contemporary art production – in fact, as play. Janin's artwork is visitor-friendly. It offers him/her a chance to rest – on the physical and the mental level. It is
not redundant to mention that every exhibition room requires a spot that offers a possibility for introspection. This work presents such an island at this exhibition. The primary goal of the installation, however, is to invite the viewer to think about the substance of the work. The garments of cleaners of (outdoor) public spaces and members of first aid crews, or protective jackets in general, as well as cordons that adorn these packages, connote the restricted areas
of movement. The work raises awareness in the viewer about the unselfish work of those employed in the mentioned sectors. Is it not precisely individuals from these sectors who sacrificed their health and frequently their lives after terrorist attacks, for instance on
September 11? The comfortable sculptural emplacement is a monument to all unselfish individuals, who are most frequently forgotten as soon as the "catastrophes" come to an end.

Born in 1964 in Warsaw (Poland). She completed her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She creates in different media – performance, photography, video, mixed-media sculpture, installation and actions. Her works were exhibited at over 150 group and personal exhibitions around the world. She participated at the biennials in Istanbul (1992), Sydney
(1993), Sonsbeek (1993) and Liverpool (1998). She is one of the three managers of the
Lokal_30 Gallery in Warsaw. She lives and works in Warsaw.

Solo exhibitions (selection):

2003 Bez tytułu, Galerija Foksal, Warsaw
2002 ILoveYouToo/JaCiebieTeż, BWA, Jelenia Góra; Instytut Polski, Paris
(Mois de la photo 2002).
2001 IloveYouToo, Galerija Zachęta, Warsaw; Galerija Kronika, Bytom; Galerija Bunkier
Sztuki, Cracow
2000 Homefuckingiskillingprostitution, A.v. Scholz Galerie, Berlin
1999 Co za piekło, co za raj, cd., Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej, Warsaw.
1997 Touch Me, A.v. Scholz Galerie, Berlin.

Group exhibitions (selection):

2003 Videodrom, Croatian TV Program of Film and Video Art, Zagreb
2002 Vom Monument zum Markt, Kunstahalle Wien, Vienna
2001 In between. Art from Poland 1945-2000, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
2000 L’autre moitie de l’Europe, Jeu de Paume, Paris
1999 Trace, The Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool.

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