BWA WARSZAWA is pleased to present Gossipmongers with new and recent works by Philipp Gufler (DE, 1989), Karol Radziszewski (PL, 1980) and Jaanus Samma (EE, 1982), who share an artistic interest in overlooked queer histories. With their research-based practices, the artists look at key moments and figures that have disrupted hetero-normative structures in the past centuries. Each of them has a specific focus on their respective region of origin and residence. Radziszewski’s research mainly relates to Poland and the larger Eastern European region, while Philipp Gufler looks at his country-of-origin Germany and the Netherlands, where he is currently based. Samma comes from Estonia and predominantly revisits histories of people from the Baltics. The exhibition includes paintings, quilts, tapestries, prints and other works that relate to the narratives of Eric Stenbock (UK, 1860 – 95), Charlotte Charlaque (DE, 1892 – USA, 1963), Toni Ebel (DE, 1881 – GDR, 1961), Elisar von Kupffer (EE, 1872 – CH, 1942) and Stanisława Walasiewicz (PL, 1911 – USA, 1980).
text: Léon Kruijswijk

Philipp Gufler (Germany/The Netherlands) spans various media in his practice, including silkscreen prints on fabric and mirrors, artist books, performances and video installations. For the video installation Projection on the Crisis (2014), he began researching into the self-organised archive Forum Queeres Archiv München, of which Gufler has since become an active member. The human body is also a central focus of his practice, featuring prominently in his silkscreen printed mirrors series and in the video installation, The Responsive Body (2019). In his quilts, a series of silkscreen printed fabrics, Gufler makes reference to artists, writers, magazines and lost queer spaces.
His work has been presented in institutions such as Kunsthalle Mainz; Museum Brandhorst, Munich; Haus der Kunst, Munich; Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen; Centraal Museum, Utrecht; Kunstverein Düsseldorf; De Aeliers, Amsterdam; Schwules Museum in Berlin.

Karol Radziszewski (b. 1980, Poland) is a multidisciplinary artist, working across film, painting, photography and installation. His archive-based methodology, crosses multiple cultural, historical, religious, social and gender references. Since 2005 he is publisher and editor-in-chief of DIK Fagazine, and has founded the Queer Archives Institute in 2015. His work has been presented in institutions such as Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; New Museum, New York; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; VideoBrasil, São Paulo; Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo; Kunsthaus Graz, Graz; Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw; Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw and Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz. He has
participated in several international biennales including PERFORMA 13, New York; 7th Göteborg Biennial; 14th Baltic Triennial and The Venice Theater Biennale.

Jaanus Samma (b.1982) is a visual artist based in Tallinn. He graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a BA in graphic arts (2005) and an MA in fine arts (2009). His body of work includes photographs, installations and videos with topics that have been grounded in the study of urban space and the subjective experiences of it. Over the years his interests have moved towards gender studies, investigating the representation of male sexuality and ways of portraying this by artistic means. His fields of interest include history, ethnography and museology as well as the narratives used at the intersection of the three.
His work has been presented in institutions such as Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn; Nomas Foundation in Rome; Kiasma in Helsinki; HKW in Berlin; Malmo Art Museum; National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST); Meet Factory in Prague. Samma represented Estonia at 56th Venice Biennale and participated in several international biennales including 2nd Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art.

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BWA WARSZAWA is pleased to present Gossipmongers with new and recent works by Philipp Gufler (DE, 1989), Karol Radziszewski (PL, 1980) and Jaanus Samma (EE, 1982), who share an artistic interest in overlooked queer histories. With their research-based practices, the artists look at key moments and figures that have disrupted hetero-normative structures in the past centuries. Each of them has a specific focus on their respective region of origin and residence. Radziszewski’s research mainly relates to Poland and the larger Eastern European region, while Philipp Gufler looks at his country-of-origin Germany and the Netherlands, where he is currently based. Samma comes from Estonia and predominantly revisits histories of people from the Baltics. The exhibition includes paintings, quilts, tapestries, prints and other works that relate to the narratives of Eric Stenbock (UK, 1860 – 95), Charlotte Charlaque (DE, 1892 – USA, 1963), Toni Ebel (DE, 1881 – GDR, 1961), Elisar von Kupffer (EE, 1872 – CH, 1942) and Stanisława Walasiewicz (PL, 1911 – USA, 1980).
text: Léon Kruijswijk

Philipp Gufler (Germany/The Netherlands) spans various media in his practice, including silkscreen prints on fabric and mirrors, artist books, performances and video installations. For the video installation Projection on the Crisis (2014), he began researching into the self-organised archive Forum Queeres Archiv München, of which Gufler has since become an active member. The human body is also a central focus of his practice, featuring prominently in his silkscreen printed mirrors series and in the video installation, The Responsive Body (2019). In his quilts, a series of silkscreen printed fabrics, Gufler makes reference to artists, writers, magazines and lost queer spaces.
His work has been presented in institutions such as Kunsthalle Mainz; Museum Brandhorst, Munich; Haus der Kunst, Munich; Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen; Centraal Museum, Utrecht; Kunstverein Düsseldorf; De Aeliers, Amsterdam; Schwules Museum in Berlin.

Karol Radziszewski (b. 1980, Poland) is a multidisciplinary artist, working across film, painting, photography and installation. His archive-based methodology, crosses multiple cultural, historical, religious, social and gender references. Since 2005 he is publisher and editor-in-chief of DIK Fagazine, and has founded the Queer Archives Institute in 2015. His work has been presented in institutions such as Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; New Museum, New York; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; VideoBrasil, São Paulo; Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo; Kunsthaus Graz, Graz; Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw; Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw and Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz. He has
participated in several international biennales including PERFORMA 13, New York; 7th Göteborg Biennial; 14th Baltic Triennial and The Venice Theater Biennale.

Jaanus Samma (b.1982) is a visual artist based in Tallinn. He graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a BA in graphic arts (2005) and an MA in fine arts (2009). His body of work includes photographs, installations and videos with topics that have been grounded in the study of urban space and the subjective experiences of it. Over the years his interests have moved towards gender studies, investigating the representation of male sexuality and ways of portraying this by artistic means. His fields of interest include history, ethnography and museology as well as the narratives used at the intersection of the three.
His work has been presented in institutions such as Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn; Nomas Foundation in Rome; Kiasma in Helsinki; HKW in Berlin; Malmo Art Museum; National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST); Meet Factory in Prague. Samma represented Estonia at 56th Venice Biennale and participated in several international biennales including 2nd Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art.