Jagoda Bednarsky\u2019s (b. Z\u0142otoryja, Poland, 1988; lives and works in Berlin) paintings are pop-cultural and nostalgic borrowings that she transfers into the grotesque register, with allusions to stereotyped role models between hypermasculinity and matriarchy. Unfurling pastel-colored hillscapes composed of breasts, breast pumps, vulvas, figures from Greek myth, and motifs from flora and fauna, Bednarsky\u2019s Shadowland<\/em> series interrogates traditional ideas of femininity and motherhood. The depiction of the female breast serves as a metaphor referring to the titular \u201cShadowland,\u201d where this part of the body is still perceived as a sexualized object rather than as natural. The title, one might note, is borrowed from a culture magazine first published in New York in 1919 in which the artist spotted Art Deco illustrations that became a vital source of inspiration. Despite the dense aggregation of fraught symbols and referential gestures, the sensual, poetic, and richly imaginative works exude a lightness that stems from their translucency and subtle irony.<\/p>\n The comprehensive volume presents Bednarsky\u2019s works from between 2018 and 2023 and a singular conversation with the artist.<\/p>\n Jagoda Bednarsky studied fine arts, first at Kunsthochschule Kassel (2008\u20132009), then at HfBK St\u00e4delschule, Frankfurt am Main, with Michael Krebber and Monika Baer (2009\u20132014).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jagoda Bednarsky\u2019s (b. Z\u0142otoryja, Poland, 1988; lives and works in Berlin) paintings are pop-cultural and nostalgic borrowings that she transfers into the grotesque register, with allusions to stereotyped role models between hypermasculinity and matriarchy. Unfurling pastel-colored hillscapes composed of breasts, breast pumps, vulvas, figures from Greek myth, and motifs from flora and fauna, Bednarsky\u2019s Shadowland<\/em> series interrogates traditional ideas of femininity and motherhood. The depiction of the female breast serves as a metaphor referring to the titular \u201cShadowland,\u201d where this part of the body is still perceived as a sexualized object rather than as natural. The title, one might note, is borrowed from a culture magazine first published in New York in 1919 in which the artist spotted Art Deco illustrations that became a vital source of inspiration. Despite the dense aggregation of fraught symbols and referential gestures, the sensual, poetic, and richly imaginative works exude a lightness that stems from their translucency and subtle irony.<\/p>\n The comprehensive volume presents Bednarsky\u2019s works from between 2018 and 2023 and a singular conversation with the artist.<\/p>\n Jagoda Bednarsky studied fine arts, first at Kunsthochschule Kassel (2008\u20132009), then at HfBK St\u00e4delschule, Frankfurt am Main, with Michael Krebber and Monika Baer (2009\u20132014).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20745,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2208,2213],"product_tag":[3930],"class_list":{"0":"post-20757","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all-books","7":"product_cat-painting","8":"product_tag-jagoda-bednarsky-en","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"taxable","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n