The Outset Partners Awards Programme 2024 awarded an Impact Award to Kunsthaus Bregenz, supporting the exhibition of Polish artist Malgorzata Mirga-Tas.
Malgorzata Mirga-Tas portrayals adopt the perspective of “minority feminism,” consciously advocating for women’s strength while also acknowledging the artist’s own cultural roots. Her colourful pictures are fascinating in form, brilliant in their condensation of narrative, and haunting in their depiction. Mirga-Tas came to the attention of a broad public through her contribution to the Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2022. She was the first Roma artist representing any country. Kunsthaus Bregenz, with its atmospheric open spaces, offers ideal conditions for a new way of presenting art. Here, art is not only viewed; it is also experienced, vividly and physically.
Thomas D. Trummer, Director of Kunsthaus Bregenz said:
‘We are very pleased to announce the collaboration with Outset and the opportunity to present Malgorzata Mirga-Tas and her extraordinary work at Kunsthaus Bregenz. Mirga-Tas, who attracted international attention with her textile images in the Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, focuses her art to central social issues. For her exhibition in Bregenz, she has developed a new body of work in which she is also showing sculptural pieces for the first time. This expansion of her artistic expression opens up exciting perspectives and provides important impulses in the discourse on identity, community and cultural heritage.‘
