Untitled (Self-defense)

Joanna Piotrowska

  • type of object: photography
  • date: 2014
  • material/technique: gelatin silver print
  • dimensions: 160 x 130 cm
  • inventory No.: F-196
  • image licensed under: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

In the staged photographs, we see situations with ambiguous meanings, such as models pointing to ‘sensitive points’ on their bodies, the places most prone to pain. The artist is interested in oppressive interpersonal relationships and their physical expression in the context of social institutions, power, emotional dependency and the violent aspect of human nature.



The works were acquired by the Zachęta collection after the solo exhibition Joanna Piotrowska. Frowst in 2020.


Financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund within the ‘National Contemporary Art Collection’ programme
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Other works by artist in the Zachęta collection

  • Zdjęcie pracy Untitled
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  • Zdjęcie pracy Untitled (Self-defense)
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  • Zdjęcie pracy Untitled
    UntitledJoanna Piotrowska2019
  • Zdjęcie pracy Untitled (Self-defense)
    Untitled (Self-defense)Joanna Piotrowska2014
  • Zdjęcie pracy Untitled
    UntitledJoanna Piotrowska2019

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