We invite you to a curator-led tour of the temporary exhibition 'Two Souls of the Folk Creator'.

🟡 WHO IS IT FOR?

An event for youth and adults.

🟡 ACCESSIBILITY

More information: dostepnosc@ethnomuseum.pl; tel. 502 955 534 (SMS can be sent).

🟡 ABOUT THE EVENT

Curator-led tour of the exhibition 'Two Souls of the Folk Creator'.

🟡 ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The exhibition 'Two Souls of the Folk Creator' is based on the premise that objects collected in ethnographic museums referred to as 'folk art' always have two authors from two different social backgrounds. One of them is the 'folk creator,' who physically makes the object. The other is the 'intellectual,' who hides their co-authorship behind the figure of 'recognition' or 'discovery' – they come to the village and legitimize the object as folk art. The concept of 'two souls' thus indicates that folk art is a construct created by the urban intelligentsia.

The exhibition 'Two Souls of the Folk Creator' shifts the focus from the intellectual discourse on art and folk culture to the village, its material culture, and its inhabitants. It presents folk art as a result of a social relationship that was asymmetrical in many ways, while simultaneously trying to highlight various aspects of the agency of creators of things referred to as 'folk.' It also makes a critical contribution to the self-reflection of the ethnographic museum regarding the provenance of its own collections and its own function in constructing hierarchies of knowledge and power.

🟡 LEADERSHIP

Dr. hab. Ewa Klekot - cultural anthropologist, translator, graduate of archaeology and ethnography, doctor of arts. She scientifically deals with the anthropology of design, art, and the anthropology of production. She conducts anthropological research on heritage and museums, as well as the anthropology of design and art. She is interested in the interdisciplinary connection of the humanities and social sciences with design and artistic activities. She studies, among other things, the relationship between the producer and their environment. She works as an assistant professor at SWPS University in Warsaw. She was the curator of the exhibition 'Ethnographers, Anthropologists, Professors,' which we showcased at PME from October 18, 2022, to October 29, 2023. Curator of the exhibition 'Two Souls of the Folk Creator'.

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