Agnes Janich,

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: Agnieszka Jeziorska, (born 1985) - a visual artist who works with

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and

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. Within her practice she deals with the

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and intimacy. She has presented her work in, among others: 9th Sharjah Biennial in the

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, Galapagos Art Space in

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, Maison Europeene de la Photographie in

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, Central European House of Photography in

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, Bergen Museum of Art, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Kunsthalle Exnergasse in

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and the

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affiliated with the

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, New York. She took part in Art Edition Fair in

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, Hangaram Art Museum. She is based in

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Early life and education

Janich was born in

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, though soon after her birth her family moved to

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and the

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. She began her education in the Republic of South Africa. Having been raised in an multinational and multicultural environment has influenced her and had impact on her further career and choices. Also, the fact that she was raised in a

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and likely assimilated

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descent proved to be of great importance for her further artistic

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and

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, i.e., at an early stage of her career she decided to change her name from Polish 'Agnieszka' to English 'Agnes' and assumed the

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'Janich' after her Jewish great grandma. This choice demonstrates an important role of the family history in her life. She became a member of liberal Jewish communities in New York and in Poland. Janich's formal education in art history started in the 1st Private High School in Bednarska Street,

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, Poland (2000-2003). She continued her studies at the

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(2003-2004), got a Degree with Honors in Fine Art Photography and

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from the European Academy of Photography in Warsaw (2003-2005), studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2004–2005), and finally concluded her education holding a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in

(2006-2008), a college that shaped artists such as Keith Haring.

Career

Janich's works reveal her two major interests: one is

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-based themes. Another are:

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and

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al entanglement, often seen from a perspective of

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s or

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restrictions. Based upon that distinction, Janich's career can be divided into two periods: first dating from her early works until 2012, and the second from 2013 to present. During the first phase Janich has been exploring the history of

via her own family roots and relating it to the general notion of purity and

innocence Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is to the lack of legal guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime. In other contexts, it is a lack of experience. In relation ...

as opposed to terror,

violence Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or Power (social and p ...

and destruction. What is distinctive in her approach is that almost all narrations she presents come either from a herstorical point of view, showing

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

approach and

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's perspective, or are communicated by the most defenseless of protagonists, i.e.

child A child ( : children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger ...

ren. In the second phase the major interests distinguishable in Janich's art include searching through

s, intimacy and sexual relations in search of what can be called 'the root of tension' between two individuals tangled in a

relationship Relationship most often refers to: * Family relations and relatives: consanguinity * Interpersonal relationship, a strong, deep, or close association or acquaintance between two or more people * Correlation and dependence, relationships in mathem ...

, often of a social or cultural origin. In this case as well Janich often applies

approach.

Selected works

''Man to Man (2009)''

It is an multi- video installation in form of a

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leading the viewer through complete

darkness Darkness, the direct opposite of lightness, is defined as a lack of illumination, an absence of visible light, or a surface that absorbs light, such as black or brown. Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low lu ...

to the wall projections of

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s and claws accompanied by the

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of barking

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s. It constitutes the first part of the War Trilogy made by Janich over a period of three years: ''Man to Man'' (2009), ''Bits and Pieces'' (2010), and ''Cleanliness is Goodliness'' (2012), addressing the subject of preserving

and violence. The work was first presented in 2009 during the ninth Sharjah Biennial in the

, where it was well received and commented as a disturbing project "where viewers were led through a

maze A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal. The word is used to refer both to branching tour puzzles through which the solver must find a route, and to simpler non-branching ("unicursal") patterns that lea ...

of darkened passages to rooms that dead-ended with videos of relentlessly barking dogs restrained in

prison A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

-like cages". Its interpretation is unambiguous: "This extremely

claustrophobic Claustrophobia is the fear of confined spaces. It can be triggered by many situations or stimuli, including elevators, especially when crowded to capacity, windowless rooms, and hotel rooms with closed doors and sealed windows. Even bedrooms with ...

work is a comment about prisons and

enslavement Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

". Its main theme is brutal violence and an attempt at dehumanization done to individuals. The critics as well as the viewers have responded to that "(...) distinct suggestion of dirty wet

fur Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of mammals. It consists of a combination of oily guard hair on top and thick underfur beneath. The guard hair keeps moisture from reaching the skin; the underfur acts as an insulating blanket t ...

, ruddy dog breath, and high-pitched

fear Fear is an intensely unpleasant emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes physiological changes that may produce behavioral reactions such as mounting an aggressive response or fleeing the threat. Fear ...

" with anxiety, which was fully intentional, as the piece was inspired by the

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doghouse. This perspective provides this work not only with its historical references, but may also suggest drawing attention to the suffering of dogs in shelters as well as to individual

pain Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, ...

. After its premiere the piece was presented, among others, in: ''Galerie Charim'',

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(2009), '' Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki'', Warsaw, Poland (2009–2010) and in ''Galerie Walter Keller'',

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, Switzerland (2013).

''I Hate My Body When You're Gone'' (2009)

It is a series of videos and photographs of the artist herself, exploring the theme of

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differences and identity exploration seen through violence and

perverse Perversion is a form of human behavior which deviates from what is considered to be orthodox or normal. Although the term ''perversion'' can refer to a variety of forms of deviation, it is most often used to describe sexual behaviors that are c ...

pleasure Pleasure refers to experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. It contrasts with pain or suffering, which are forms of feeling bad. It is closely related to value, desire and action: humans and other conscious anima ...

. The artist's own interpretation of the reason to picture such violence and autoagression is that "(...) it might somehow be an aftermath of the works (…) on the concentration camps which were far more political and also dealing with violence. So it's a getting rid of the violence and coming back to life". However, as seen in other Janich's works, the reference to

WWII World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

appears obvious here as well, as she compares concentration camp violence to relationship violence. Her piece is a

controversy Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. The word was coined from the Latin ''controversia'', as a composite of ''controversus'' – "turned in an opposite d ...

, as are her opinions and commentaries: One of the critics commented the interrelation between acts of violence and innocence of Janich's naked body in the following way: "Her body becomes an absolute, a sacrifice, an offering. An all-encompassing declaration of: I will do everything, give everything, just to get closeness in return." This piece was exhibited in ''MCCA Elektrownia'', Radom, Poland, 2012 (solo, with catalog).

''Bits and Pieces (2010)''

It is an installation in public place, which had its premiere in Łódź – the artist's birthplace in Poland. She decided to decorate the walls of three buildings – hospital at no. 35 Łagiewnicka street and two houses at no. 14 Franciszkańska street and no. 77 Drewnowska street – with doll dresses, sleeping jumpers and children's

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. The aim of the project was to bring back and preserve the memory about the youngest residents of the

Łódź Ghetto The Łódź Ghetto or Litzmannstadt Ghetto (after the Nazi German name for Łódź) was a Nazi ghetto established by the German authorities for Polish Jews and Roma following the Invasion of Poland. It was the second-largest ghetto in all of Ge ...

"(...) that could neither move past its prison walls nor survive the war." This work's strength lies in its simplicity: The installation was also commented: "Bits and Pieces forces us to imagine (and experience) the quotidian reality of the children that once were or might have been — parts that stand in for an absent whole."

''That You Have Someone (2012)''

It is a series of photographs depicting the artist herself involved in an

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, intimate relation with a lover. They are archival inkjet prints on cotton rag paper, 16x24in. each. Each photograph has a description made by the artist in red

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. These are the fragments of diaries and love confessions made by the

Survivors during the

. In order to retrieve them, Janich has searched through the

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s of Auschwitz, Mauthausen-Gusen,

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, Bergen Belsen and Ravensbrück, read memoirs and talked to the Survivors in person. This piece depicts the

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that "(...) becomes the subject. Nonetheless, it is not the body of the Shoah, but a body which

desire Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like "wanting", "wishing", "longing" or "craving". A great variety of features is commonly associated with desires. They are seen as propositional attitudes towards conceivable states of aff ...

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s, and

s. A body which had been situated outside of the frame of the historical narrative". The piece has been exhibited among others in: ''Galerie Walter Keller'',

, 2013, ''BWA Contemporary Art Gallery'',

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, Poland, 2012 (solo) and in ''MCCA Elektrownia'', Radom, Poland, 2012, (solo, with catalog).

''I Don't See the Problem (2011–2015)''

It is a series of 30 archival inkjet prints on cotton rag paper, 40x60cm / 16x20in each. They refer to social norms and

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s regulating lives of a couple. In this piece the author's idea was to describe variety of emotions and mutual expectations of the partners. As in previous works Janich provided a kind of commentary to the captured scenes in form of short, hand-written sentences in red ink.

''Female Favors (2015)''

It is a series of 17 archival inkjet prints on cotton rag paper, 40x60cm / 16x20in each. This piece depicts various forms of rivalry between two women "one focused on self-fulfilment and the other on serving others."

List of other works

* ''Divine'' (2006) * ''I-doll-atry'' (2006) * ''Lighting the Night'' (2008) * ''With Our Eyes Closed'' (2008-2015) * ''Cleanliness is Goodliness'' (2009) * ''My Mom's Diary'' (2009) * ''Don't Hurt Myself'' (2009) * ''He Fucked Her Good'' (2009) * ''A Real Boy's Show'' (2009) * ''I'm Not Afraid I Can Help Me'' (2009) * ''Il suffit de passer le pont'' (2010) * ''Don't'' (2010) * ''2 minutes late'' (2013) * ''I Don't Need'' (2014) * ''The Sound of Music'' (2014) * ''What if'' (2014) * ''Pink'' (2015) * ''Home Forlorn'' (2016) * ''See'' (2016) * ''Sky High'' (2017)

Selected exhibitions

* 2003 ''Visions of Light'', Library Gallery of the University of Warsaw, Poland *2004 ''Home Atmosphere'', ''Museum of Photography'', Kraków, Poland *2005 ''pop love'', Maison Europeene de la Photographie,

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(group presentation) *2006 ''I-doll-atry & Divine,'' ''Atheneum'', Warsaw, Poland (solo) *2007 ''Crossing Boundaries'', ASEF Conference,

*2007 ''Divine?'', ''Central European House of Photography'',

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(solo) *2007 ''Divine?'', ''Villa Straeuli'', Winterthur, Switzerland (solo) *2007 ''Something Jewish'', '' Swiss National Museum'', Zurich, Switzerland *2008 ''Lightning The Night'', ''Galerie Wyschür Weierthal'', Winterthur, Switzerland (solo) *2008 Mentor Show, ''Visual Arts Gallery'', New York, NY, US *2008 ''Reality Show'', ''Fenstersprung Program'',

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, Switzerland *2009 ''All Creatures Great and Small'', ''

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'', Warsaw, Poland *2009 ''Man To Man'', '' Sharjah Biennial'',

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, United Arab Emirates *2009 ''I-doll-atry'', ''Kunsttraject'',

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(solo) *2009 ''Garden of Innocents'', ''BWA City Gallery'',

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, Poland (solo) *2009 ''Lighting the Night'', ''Can Serrat International Art Center'',

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(solo) *2009 ''These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things'', ''Galapagos Art Space'',

, US (solo) *2009 ''Man To Man'', ''Charim Galerie,'' Vienna, Austria (solo) *2010 ''Bits & Pieces'', ''Wschodnia Gallery'' and ''Bureau of Promotion of the City of Łódź'', Poland (solo) *2010 ''Girl on the Corner'' and ''Don't Hurt Myself'', ''MLAC'',

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, Italy (solo) *2010 ''Lighting the Night'', ''

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, Poland *2010 ''No more bad girls?'', ''Kunsthalle Exnergasse,''

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*2010 ''No more bad girls?'', ''International Contemporary Art Foundation'' ''3,14,'' Bergen, Norway *2010 ''50 Ways To Keep Your Lover'', ''Galleri s.e''., Bergen, Norway *2011 ''Fragile: Handle with Care'', ''LUCCA Museum of Contemporary Art'', Lucca,

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*2012 ''Desire'', ''Bergen Kunstmuseum'',

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*2012 '' Fotomuseum Winterthur'', Platform 2012 (group presentation) *2012 ''Cleanliness is Goodliness'', ''Proekt Fabrika'', Moscow, Russia (solo) *2013 Agnes Janich, ''Galerie Walter Keller'', Zurich, Switzerland with ''Clair Galerie'',

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, presenting Chim (solo) *2016 ''Papier, bitte'', ''Galerie C,'' Neuchâtel, Switzerland *2016 ''The Way to You'', ''Bondi Beach & the Waverley Arts Council'' with support of the ''Sky Foundation'',

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(solo) *2016 ''Maison orpheline / Home Forlorn'', ''Galerie C'',

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(solo) *2019 ''See / Sky High'', '' Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art'',

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, Poland (solo)

Grants

* Polish Institute, Vienna, Artist's Grant, Vienna, Austria (2008) *Polish Embassy in Bern Artist's Grant, Bern, Switzerland (2009) *Polish Consulate in Barcelona Artist's Grant, Barcelona, Spain (2009) *Bureau of Promotion of the City of Łódź, Artist's Grant, Łódź, Poland (2010) *Polish Institute, Rome, Artist's Grant, Rome, Italy (2010) *Polish Institute, Vienna, Artist's Grant, Vienna, Austria (2010) *Polish Institute, Oslo, Artist's Grant, Oslo, Norway (2010) * Polish Institute, Moscow, Artist's Grant, Moscow, Russia (2012) * Polish Institute, Vienna, Artist's Grant, Vienna, Austria (2012) * Polish Embassy in Helsinki Artist's Grant, Helsinki, Finland (2012) * Polish Institute, Moscow, Artist's Grant, Moscow, Russia (2012) * Polish Institute, Madrid, Artist's Grant, Madrid, Spain (2012) * Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Sydney Artist's Grant, Sydney, Australia (2016) *Sky Foundation Artist's Grant, Sydney, Australia (2016) *Waverley Arts Council Artist's Grant, Sydney, Australia (2016)

Residencies

*Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Artist's Residency, VA, USA (2006) *I-Park Artist's Residency, CT, USA (2006) *Galesburg Civic Arts Center Artist's Residency, IL, USA (2006) *Vermont Studio Center Artist's Residency & Artist's Grant, VT, USA (2008) *Villa Sträuli Artist's Residency, Winterthur, Switzerland (2008) *Can Serrat International Art Center Artist's Residency & Artist's Grant, Spain (2008) *Koli Cultural Center Artist's Residency, Koli, Finland (2010) *Proekt Fabrika Artist's Residency, Moscow, Russia (2012)

Other

* 3rd Place Award in the ''III National Photo Biennale'', Poland (2003) *Finalist of ''People's Faces Contest'', Warsaw, Poland (2003) *Representing Poland at ''ASEF Conference, Paris Photo'', France (2005) *Research Program, CCA Kitkayushu, Japan (2014)

Publications

Monography: *Agnes Janich. ''Body Memory'', Mazovian Centre for Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom, PL & Fotohof Edition, Salzburg, Austria, , (2012) Featured in: *''3rd Jungkunst Guidebook'', Jungkunst Galerie, Winterthur, Switzerland (2008) *''Sharjah Biennial 9. Guidebook'', Ed.Lara Khaldi, Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (2009) *''Provisions. Sharjah Biennial 9. Book 1'', Ed. Antonia Carver, Valerie Grove and Lara Khaldi, Bidouin and Sharjah Biennial, Dubai, (2009) *''Provisions. Sharjah Biennial 9. Book 2'', Ed. Antonia Carver and Lara Khaldi, Bidouin and Sharjah Biennial, New York and Sharjah (2010) *''No more bad girls?'' Booklet, Ed. Kathrin Becker and Claudia Marion Stemberger, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria, (2010) *''No more bad girls?'' Ed. Kathrin Becker and Claudia Marion Stemberger, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria, (2011) *''Era New Horizons'' catalog, Ed. Robert Kardzis, Era New Horizons, Wrocław, Poland, (2011) *''Desire'', exhibition catalog, Ed. Eli Okkenhaug, Bergen Museum of Art, Bergen, Norway, 978-82-91808-5 (2012) *''Becoming A Mother'', exhibition catalog, Ed. Ana Vilenica, Belgrade, Serbia (2012)

References

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