The Romni artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas caused a sensation two years ago at the Venice Biennale with her design for the Polish Pavilion. The Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht is presenting this series and new works in This is not the end of the road, which runs until February 16, 2025.
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas achieved great success at the Venice Biennale in 2022 with her monumental textile works from the Re-enchanting the World series. Born in Poland in 1978, the Romni artist uses her works to challenge stereotypical representations of Roma culture that have been prevalent in Europe for centuries. The Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht is the first museum to present the installation Re-enchanting the World in its entirety again since the Biennale: the exhibition This is not the end of the road opened in June and will run until February 16, 2025. Mirga-Tas, who already made a name for herself in 2014 with her work on Samudaripe, the genocide of Sinti and Roma by the National Socialists, is also an activist in social and artistic projects against discrimination and xenophobia.
Parallel to the exhibition, the Bonnefanten Museum opened the collection presentation Dream On, to which Mirga-Tas contributed new works that she created together with the Sinti artist Morena Bamberger (*1994). Over 20 artists, including Betye Saar (*1926), Patrick Van Caeckenbergh (*1960) und Camille Henrot (*1978), make statements on political issues such as decolonization and criticize social injustices. The Dream On exhibition area ends a little later on March 30, 2025.
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