Muzeum Susch - Helena Julian - ¬ February 2025 - GUESTS-IN-RESIDENCE

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Helena Julian

Helena Julian is an independent curator and writer based in Amsterdam. Her background in art history and critical theory informs the projects she develops with artists and writers. Central to her work is a commitment to artistic practices that connect performativity, language and social context. She writes for art and culture magazines including Metropolis M, Mister Motley, Frieze and is a contributing editor for zweikommasieben magazine. Her recent writings have focused on how individual contemporary artists amplify or contrast broader narratives, and how performativity can be used as a method to sustain a long term artistic practice. Additionally, she works as an advisor for the Mondriaan Fonds.

As a guest-in-residence of TEMPORARS SUSCH in February 2025, Helena Julian is taking part in a weekend of inquiry. Together with resident author Noemi Smolik we will go into a winterly journey of shared thinking about art.

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

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