Fresh Cherries
Unusual project about making taboo, stigmatization and hierarchization of victims of World War Two. Baumgart tries to work through the traumatic past of gays, lesbians and women forced into prostitution in concentration camps. By referring to modern methods of therapy (Hellinger’s settings) he creates a fascinating parable between history and the present. And there is also this question, hitting the nail on the head: why is a woman’s body a battlefield even in times of peace?
Anna Baumgart
Born in 1966 in Wrocław. In 1994 graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts. Works in video, installation, sculpture. Her works were shown at numerous exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including the Brooklyn Museum of Art (2007), Museum on the Seam in Israel, Casino Luxembourg and NKB in Berlin, and also in Moscow, Riga, Vilnius. Exhibited individually, for example at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw. Since 2005 has been working with the lokal_30 Gallery in Warsaw. Her works can be found in prestigious art collections: Hauser&Wirth, FRAC /Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes and in European Parliament Collection.
Selected filmography
2010 Świeże wiśnie / Fresh Cherries (short, doc.)