Program

Krupa Art Foundation Welcomes Summer with Three Powerful Voices in Contemporary Art. Beginning June 13, 2025, Krupa Art Foundation presents three poignant projects confronting the themes of war, pandemic, and urbanization: Repeat After Me II by the Ukrainian collective Open Group, Sleeping and Waking by Karolina Jabłońska, and the exhibition Everything_City, featuring Liam Young and Mariusz Waras.

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Repeat After Me – Because It Must Be Heard

The first of the summer presentations is Repeat After Me II by Open Group, previously shown at the 60th Venice Biennale. This deeply affecting audiovisual manifesto resists forgetting. At its core are two films in which Ukrainian refugees—both internally displaced and living abroad—recreate the sounds of war from memory: explosions, sirens, gunfire. The format recalls karaoke, yet instead of pop hits, we hear the terrifying sounds of deadly weapons. This dissonance between pop culture aesthetics and harsh reality transforms the exhibition space into a bar of horror and empathy. The scenography—complete with microphones, steel furniture, and red lighting—becomes a site of memory, pulling the viewer into the role of witness. Filmed in cities such as Wrocław, Berlin, Vienna, and New York, the work takes on a global dimension, becoming a universal testimony of exile and trauma.

A Dreamlike Pandemic: The Paintings of Karolina Jabłońska

In the second gallery space, visitors can experience Sleeping and Waking a survey of Karolina Jabłońska’s paintings created during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shown together for the first time, these works—now scattered across private collections—form an emotional journal of a time defined by global isolation. Jabłońska’s expressive style merges the grotesque with melancholy. Her female subjects lie still, toss in bed, or sink beneath the weight of everyday objects. During the pandemic, the artist abandoned her signature reds and pinks in favor of cold blues, deep navies, and greys. Her works do not document external reality so much as reflect the psychological state of a community: insomnia, drift, anxiety. Curated by Maja Demska, the exhibition is both a return to lockdown and an invitation to collectively process memories of what was closed—physically and emotionally. The project is realized in collaboration with Warsaw’s Collectors Foundation, an institution supporting contemporary art and the concept of collecting as a means of building community and preserving memory.

Everything_City: From Techno-Utopia to Brutalist Myth

The third exhibition opening the summer season is Everything_City, curated by Monika Łuszpak–Skiba, which juxtaposes two radically different visions of urbanization: Planet City by Liam Young and Dragon’s Teeth by Mariusz Waras. Planet City is a speculative project in which Young imagines a world where all of humanity inhabits a single, hyper-dense metropolis, while the rest of the planet is returned to nature. Through film, a VR installation, and a book, he constructs a critical fiction—not a utopia—exploring the limits of growth, climate change, and our collective future. The city pulses with a never-ending carnival—both visual and sonic—in which cultures and narratives parade continuously. In contrast, Waras’ Dragon’s Teeth plunges the viewer into black-and-white urban landscapes of nightmare. Concrete anti-tank barriers become symbolic gateways into spaces of violence, memory, and mythology. His audiovisual installation engages both body and psyche, guiding the viewer—like in a dream—through a city that breathes destruction, cycles of ruin and rebirth. The work draws inspiration from the myth of Cadmus, whose dragon’s teeth gave rise to warriors—founders of Thebes. In Waras’ vision, architecture preserves the history of violence as the foundation of civilization.

Krupa Art Foundation – A Gallery That Speaks the Language of Now

The three exhibitions launching the season at Krupa Art Foundation are deeply rooted in contemporary realities—political, emotional, and social. Whether addressing war, the pandemic, or the future of cities, the featured artists offer not merely documentation but transformation. Their works activate the senses, evoke memory, and invite reflection.

Accompanying Program

Throughout the duration of the exhibitions, guided tours will take place every Saturday and Sunday at 5:00 PM. Admission is included in the price of the gallery ticket. During the opening weekend, there will be meetings with artists and curators, as well as guided tours:

• June 14, 4:00 PM – Artist and curator-led tour of the exhibition Everything_City / Wszystko_Miasto with Mariusz Waras and Monika Łuszpak–Skiba | Admission included with exhibition ticket. Choose the tour start time – 4:00 PM. Buy tickets online or on-site.
• June 14, 4:30 PM – Artist and curator-led tour of the exhibition Sleeping and Keeping Watch / Spanie i czuwanie with Karolina Jabłońska and Maja Demska | Admission included with exhibition ticket. Choose the tour start time – 4:30 PM. Buy tickets online or on-site.

Exhibition Dates: June 13 – August 31, 2025

• Repeat After Me II | Open Group | Curated by Marta Czyż

• Sleeping and Waking | Karolina Jabłońska | Curated by Maja Demska

• Everything_City | Liam Young & Mariusz Waras | Curated by Monika Łuszpak–Skiba