Artist Information:
Yvonne Gajewski
Chicago, IL
United States
Member Since: Sep 2000
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Artist Statement:
Born and educated in Poland, I
settled in Chicago
twenty-three years ago. For
the exiled person,
transformation of identity is
a never-ending process. If
that person happens to be an
artist, the affliction of
displacement - with its legal
issues, sense of not
belonging, deprivation of
points of reference
(topographical and
historical), hostility,
moments of excitement followed
by disappointments, constant
feeling of perplexity -
reflects clearly in my art.
The current project in
progress, National Identity:
Polish, American, or Citizen
of the World? investigates the
past, present, and future of
Polish refugees who
involuntarily resettled to the
United States between 1970 and
1989. Along with a
photographic image comes an
individual life story,
collected in either written or
audio form. This body of work
is particularly close to my
heart mainly for its
humanitarian significance, but
also because I am an émigré
myself. What really fascinates
me, is the human spirit of the
individuals presented, with
all its complicity and
multiplicity of hue, its
heroism and fragility.
This new undertaking is in
accord with my previous work.
An earlier piece entitled
Semite/Aryan explores an
entanglement of Jews and Poles
that is represented in the
form of an expanded Star ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
"Chicago Art Open," Chicago,
Illinois (November 9-18, 2000)
"First Works," Columbia
College Art Gallery (September
- October 2000).
Woman MADE Gallery, Members'
Show, Chicago, Illinois
(August 2000).
"1999 Chicago Photography
Festival," Bailiwick Arts
Center, Chicago, Illinois
(August 1999).
"Motiva PhotoFestival 1999,"
Linz, Austria.
"The 1999 Kulmbach
International Festival of
Photography...
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Artist Galleries:
"Woman Made Gallery," Chicago,
Illinois
"Illinois Artisian Shop,"
Chicago, Illinois...
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Yvonne Gajewski's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Yvonne Gajewski's Portfolio. Browse Gajewski's body of work: Born and educated in Poland, I settled in Chicago twenty-three years ago. For the exiled person, transformation of identity is a never-ending process. If that person happens to be an artist, the affliction of displacement - with its legal issues, sense of not belonging, deprivation of points of reference (topographical and historical), hostility, moments of excitement followed by disappointments, constant feeling of perplexity - reflects clearly in my art.
The current project in progress, National Identity: Polish, American, or Citizen of the World? investigates the past, present, and future of Polish refugees who involuntarily resettled to the United States between ... |
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PENNY 2, 2005
Color Photograph,
30 x 30 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 1000
€: 638
UK £: 495
¥en: 99326
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LIDIA 1, 2004
Color Photograph,
30 x 30 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 1000
€: 638
UK £: 495
¥en: 99326
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MARK 1, 2004
Color Photograph,
30 x 30 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 1000
€: 638
UK £: 495
¥en: 99326
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MARK 2, 2004
Color Photograph,
30 x 30 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 1000
€: 638
UK £: 495
¥en: 99326
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