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Over one weekend — April 12–13 — eleven joint exhibitions opened simultaneously in the “gallery + gallery” format, offering a broad and diverse cross-section of contemporary art.
At the Museum of Free Belarus, the exhibition “Skinned and Spined” was presented, organized by the WHOISPOLA gallery in collaboration with Andréhn-Schiptjenko (Stockholm / Paris). The display featured works by Jan Baszak, Jędrzej Bieńko, and Sally von Rosen — artists whose practices explore the boundaries of the human, the material, and the transformative.
As representatives of WHOISPOLA note:
“Jędrzej Bieńko’s paintings, created with an airbrush on raw linen canvas, depict fragments — faces, skulls. At the center of the composition is a calm, focused face, seemingly indifferent to destruction. It becomes a symbol of consciousness existing beyond the human, as part of the cycles of life, death, and decay.
Sally von Rosen’s sculptures — headless four-legged resin creatures — embody both vulnerability and strength. Their modular, distorted bodies express not only suffering but also transformation and adaptation, rejecting the notion of fixed identity. By assembling these forms into vertical, precariously balanced structures, the artist reimagines movement and materiality.
Jan Baszak’s sculptures — such as a life-sized two-headed calf made from worn black socks — address themes of transformation, material agency, and the meaning of discarded objects. The calf’s double head does not appear monstrous; rather, it symbolizes a fluid, interconnected identity. Baszak’s works, infused with ritualistic energy, invite us to recognize hidden power within the forgotten and the discarded.”
The participation of the Museum of Free Belarus in Constellations 2025 became an important part of the international artistic dialogue and demonstrated the openness of the Belarusian cultural space to the global processes of contemporary art.
