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Sculptress, author of films and video installations. Since Piramida zwierz\u0105t<\/em> (Pyramid of animals<\/em>) \u2013 her controversial diploma piece at the Department of Sculpture of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts \u2013 her work is regarded as belonging to critical art. In 1999 she represented Poland at the 47th Biennale in Venice.<\/p>\n

The most important works by Katarzyna Kozyra include:<\/p>\n

Piramida zwierz\u0105t <\/em>(Pyramid of animals<\/em>, 1993) \u2013 the work is composed of stuffed animals \u2013 a horse, a dog, a cat and a rooster – placed on one another and of a drastic film recording the killing of a horse selected by the artist.<\/p>\n

Wi\u0119zy krwi<\/em> (Blood ties<\/em>, 1995) \u2013 large format photographs showing naked figures (including the author and her disabled sister) with a red cross and crescent in the background. Two photographs were set against each other on a billboard as part of the AMS Open Gallery in 1999. The work was censored.<\/p>\n

\u0141a\u017ania <\/em>(Bathhouse<\/em>, 1997) \u2013 video installation presenting a film made by the artist with a hidden camera in a women\u2019s bathhouse in Budapest. Reproductions of classic works of art, Rembrandt\u2019s Suzanna and the Elders and <\/em>Ingres\u2019s Turkish Bath<\/em>, were edited into the film.<\/p>\n

\u0141a\u017ania m\u0119ska <\/em>(Men\u2019s bathhouse<\/em>, 1999) \u2013 video installation prepared for the Venice Biennale. In an octagonal structure imitating the interior of a bathhouse a film made with a hidden camera in a men\u2019s bathhouse in Budapest was screened. The artist dressed as a man could be seen in it. Another element of the installation was a film showing Kozyra dressing up as a man.<\/p>\n

W sztuce marzenia staj\u0105 si\u0119 rzeczywisto\u015bci\u0105 <\/em>(In art dreams come true<\/em>, 2003\u20132008) \u2013 a project combining various forms of visual arts, music and performance, with its successive stages documented and shown as separate works. Kozyra assumes various roles and impersonates various figures \u2013 opera singer, drag queen, cheerleader. The final product of the project is to be a long documentary with certain fictitious elements.<\/p>\n

Casting<\/em> (2010\u20132011) \u2013 the first stage of the project was a one-woman show in the State Art Gallery Zach\u0119ta. The artist presented her major works, archive materials and documentaries, so that the viewers could see all her incarnations. Part of the exhibition was a casting room, where everyone could interpret and act out his or her vision of Katarzyna Kozyra. For the final product of the project is to be an autobiographical film; the artist is looking for the cast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1428","autor","type-autor","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKozyra Katarzyna - herito<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Katarzyna Kozyra \u2013 sculptress, author of films and video installations. 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