Czekalska + Golec: Contract Killer

In a conversation with the artists, Sebastian Cichocki observes that they occupy “a highly distinctive position on the map of artistic practices and strategies in Poland. By consistently transferring their ideological commitment to animal rights into the field of art, moving fluidly into activism and ceding authorship of their works to other beings and species…”. As Cichocki goes on to note, this position has consequences: the artists operate somewhat at the margins of museums and galleries. […]

The invitation to collaborate with Tatiana Czekalska and Leszek Golec—artists who, for both artistic and philosophical reasons, occupy a distinct position in contemporary Polish art—should surprise no one.