Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Out of Egypt from the series Out of Egypt 2021. © Małgorzata Mirga-Tas. Courtesy of the artist, Frith Street Gallery, London, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw and Karma International, Zurich. Photo: Marek Gardulski.
«(...) Born in Zakopane, Poland, Mirga-Tas grew up in a Bergitka Roma community in Czarna Góra at the foot of the Tatra Mountains, where she continues to live today. Her visual storytelling is informed by a feminist perspective and a sustained engagement with her community, challenging stereotypical representations of the Roma people. She was the first Romani artist to represent a country at the Venice Biennale, and the first to have works acquired for the Tate collection.
Mirga-Tas brings attention to the everyday life of her community. She depicts family members, collaborators, historical figures, activists and artists, working from current or historic photographs. Often making together with other women, she creates patchworks of materials including clothing, curtains, tablecloths and jewellery, which are sewn together to form what she calls ‘microcarriers of history’.
She reimagines artworks from across the centuries, including some that have presented Roma identity in negative ways, which are transformed into vibrant images of strength and dignity. Mirga-Tas also looks back to specific historical moments, including the Romani Holocaust before and during the Second World War. Combining realism with visual symbols of Romani culture, her works show the Roma on their own terms – both as a contemporary community and as a people with a rich heritage. (...)». Mais aqui.
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