How does modern art describe the transition from childhood to adulthood, and the problems teenagers face these days? Can artistic tools help them build relationships and create alternative means of communication in the chaotic world, overwhelmed by a barrage of images and information? Can they offer actual support in the emotional crises those people face, and restore their sense of agency?

Barbara Kasten. Post-abstraction, the first such extensive exhibition of the American artist’s work in this part of Europe, marks a return to the place that helped her shape her artistic language many years ago. The exhibition involves a cross-sectional presentation of 100 works by Barbara Kasten, done in various media: photography, sculpture, and installation, complemented by the artist’s intervention in Zachęta’s stairway.