AROUND SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT
Magda Szczesniak's guided tour of Patryk Rozycki's exhibition

21.09.2024, 12:00 pm
admission free
Arsenal Gallery in Bialystok
2 A. Mickiewicza St., 15-222 Bialystok

Studied with sociological tools, social advancement becomes visible primarily in movement - climbing up the social ladder, migrating to a place offering greater opportunities.However, advancement in the process of happening rather than done, possible to measure and accurately capture in the form of earned diplomas or salary levels, is first of all experienced emotionally: those who advance feel joy and excitement, fear and shame, anger and hope. During Magda Szczesniak's guided tour, we will consider the possibilities of visually conveying advancement-related emotions in the medium of painting.

Dr. Magda Szczesniak is a cultural studies and cultural historian. She teaches at the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw and heads the “Visual Culture” specialization. She is particularly interested in the politics of social class representation and class conflict, as well as practices of visual identity construction - in everyday life and art. She is the author of the books Norms of Visibility. Identity in Transition (2016), Moved. Promotion and Emotions in Socialist Poland (2023) and co-author of the two-volume publication Visual Culture in Poland (2017). She has received fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Science Center, and the Minister of Science and Higher Education. Winner of the “Polityka” Science Prize in the humanities (2017).