28 October - 4 December 2010
For her second exhibition at Metro Pictures, Paulina Olowska shows paintings and knitted sweaters adapted from postcards of home knitting patterns from late communist-era Poland. With these works Olowska continues her engagement with communist Poland’s fascination with Western consumerism and celebrates the spirit and stylish improvisations of the “Applied Fantastic.” Polish writer Leopold Tyrmand, describing the localized re-creations of Western styles, coined the term “Applied Fantastic” in 1954.
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