Franek Drażba • Eat a Tomato (I am a tomato)

Exhibition as part of the Entry Initiative Award

curator: Tomek Paszkowicz

December 14 – February 8, 2025

𝗼𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗲 𝘄𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘄𝘆: December 14 (Saturday), 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM 🍅

Promotional Gallery, Old Town Cultural Center

𝗣𝗟

Franek Drażba's solo exhibition 𝐸𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑜 (𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑜) showcases the Franek Warzywa project as a thoughtful artistic practice, consciously using the mechanisms of pop culture and the online world to explore the boundaries of art. The works presented in the exhibition, ranging from tiktoks to the graduation project 𝑁𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑎 𝐵𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟 to the musical activity of Franek Warzywa with Młody Budda, show how Drażba balances between internet recognition, the pop culture music scene and the visual arts. The result is a proposal for new forms of visual and performing arts in a world based on mechanisms of consumption and visibility.

𝗘𝗡

Franek Drażba's solo exhibition 𝐸𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑜 (𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑜) showcases the Franek Warzywa project as a thoughtful artistic practice, consciously using the mechanisms of pop culture and the online world to explore the boundaries of art. The works presented in the exhibition, ranging from tiktoks to the graduation project 𝑁𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑎 𝐵𝑎𝑧𝑎𝑟 to the musical activity of Franek Warzywa with Młody Budda, show how Drażba balances between internet recognition, the pop culture music scene and the visual arts. The result is a proposal for new forms of visual and performing arts in a world based on mechanisms of consumption and visibility.

𝗨𝗔

Franek Drażba's personal exhibition 'Eat a Tomato' (I am a tomato) demonstrates the Franek Warzywa project as a thoughtful artistic practice that consciously uses the mechanisms of pop culture and the online world to explore the boundaries of art. The works presented in the exhibition, from tiktoks to the graduation project 'Attack on the Bazaar' and the musical activity of Franek Warzywa with Młody Budda, show how Drażba balances between internet recognition, the pop culture music scene, and visual arts. The result is a proposal for new forms of visual and performing arts in a world based on mechanisms of consumption and visibility.

coordination: Kinga Cieplińska, Kaja Werbanowska

production support: Julia Nakonieczna, Zuzanna Andruszko

graphics: Point of View

translations: Tomasz Zając, Maria Severilova

organizers: Promotional Gallery, Old Town Cultural Center

partners: ASP in Warsaw, Entry Initiative