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Jan Verwoert

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Jan Verwoert is a Berlin-based critic and writer on contemporary art and cultural theory. His writings have appeared in various magazines, anthologies, and monographs. He teaches at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. He is the author and editor of several works, including No New Kind of Duck - Would I Know How to Say What I Do?(Diaphanes & UdK Graduate School, Zurich-Berlin 2016), co-authored with Daniel Pies: What if It Won't Stop Here? (Archive Books & UdK Graduate School, Berlin 2018), and with Polys Peslikas: Umm Kulthum Faints on Stage (Sternberg Press, Berlin and Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture 2020). In an effort to formulate alternatives to representation critique that remains fixed on the level of representation, his current research focuses on those areas in art, thought, and interpersonal and social relationships where the visible and the represented border on and engage with the invisible—questioning, thinking, and feeling its presence.

CULTURAL STATEMENT

¬ Engaging History to create dialogues:

Grażyna Kulczyk sets great store by her role as an ambassador for contemporary Polish and Middle Eastern European art, which has long been omitted from the canon and tended to be overlooked by the majority of Western critics and collectors, due to the particular political environment of the former Eastern bloc states. Beyond this general ambition, her collecting strategy at Muzeum Susch also reflects two key interests: international artists have joined the collection, opening up new perspectives and highlighting contrasts between works, but also hinting at parallels and raising questions about the multifarious and complex relations between East and West in general. These expanded perspectives and contrasts within the collection provide the basis for commentary on complex and timely global concerns. The women’s perspective in the collection adds a clear feminist mission to Grażyna Kulczyk's endeavors, whose own history as an independent, creative entrepreneur is at the root of her deep understanding and emotional connection to issues women face in their artistic practice. Her collection at Muzeum Susch reflects this interest, inviting and encouraging participation, contributing to the recognition and greater visibility of women - as artists and elsewhere."

Grażyna Kulczyk, photo: © Anoush Abrar for Art Stations Foundation CH / Muzeum Susch