“Gossipmongers” Philipp Gufler, Karol Radziszewski, Jaanus Samma

Phi­lipp Gufler (Germany/​The Nether­lands) spans vario­us media in his prac­ti­ce, inc­lu­ding silk­scre­en prints on fabric and mir­rors, artist books, per­for­man­ces and video instal­la­tions. For the video instal­la­tion Pro­jec­tion on the Cri­sis (2014), he began rese­ar­ching into the self-orga­ni­sed archi­ve Forum Queeres Archiv Mün­chen, of which Gufler has sin­ce beco­me an acti­ve mem­ber. The human body is also a cen­tral focus of his prac­ti­ce, featu­ring pro­mi­nen­tly in his silk­scre­en prin­ted mir­rors series and in the video instal­la­tion, The Respon­si­ve Body (2019). In his quilts, a series of silk­scre­en prin­ted fabrics, Gufler makes refe­ren­ce to arti­sts, wri­ters, maga­zi­nes and lost queer spa­ces.
His work has been pre­sen­ted in insti­tu­tions such as Kun­sthal­le Mainz; Museum Bran­dhorst, Munich; Haus der Kunst, Munich; Neu­er Aache­ner Kun­stve­re­in, Aachen; Cen­tra­al Museum, Utrecht; Kun­stve­re­in Düs­sel­dorf; De Aeliers, Amster­dam; Schwu­les Museum in Ber­lin.

Karol Radzi­szew­ski (b. 1980, Poland) is a mul­ti­di­sci­pli­na­ry artist, wor­king across film, pain­ting, pho­to­gra­phy and instal­la­tion. His archi­ve-based metho­do­lo­gy, cros­ses mul­ti­ple cul­tu­ral, histo­ri­cal, reli­gio­us, social and gen­der refe­ren­ces. Sin­ce 2005 he is publi­sher and edi­tor-in-chief of DIK Faga­zi­ne, and has foun­ded the Queer Archi­ves Insti­tu­te in 2015. His work has been pre­sen­ted in insti­tu­tions such as Museum of Modern Art, War­saw; Whi­te­cha­pel Gal­le­ry, Lon­don; Kun­sthal­le Wien, Vien­na; New Museum, New York; Pho­enix Art Museum, Pho­enix; Wal­ker Art Cen­ter, Min­ne­apo­lis; Vide­oBra­sil, São Pau­lo; Tokyo Pho­to­gra­phic Art Museum, Tokyo; Kun­sthaus Graz, Graz; Wroc­law Con­tem­po­ra­ry Museum, Wroc­law; Zache­ta Natio­nal Gal­le­ry of Art, War­saw and Muzeum Sztu­ki in Lodz. He has
par­ti­ci­pa­ted in seve­ral inter­na­tio­nal bien­na­les inc­lu­ding PERFORMA 13, New York; 7th Göte­borg Bien­nial; 14th Bal­tic Trien­nial and The Veni­ce The­ater Bien­na­le.

Jaanus Sam­ma (b.1982) is a visu­al artist based in Tal­linn. He gra­du­ated from the Esto­nian Aca­de­my of Arts with a BA in gra­phic arts (2005) and an MA in fine arts (2009). His body of work inc­lu­des pho­to­gra­phs, instal­la­tions and vide­os with topics that have been gro­un­ded in the stu­dy of urban spa­ce and the sub­jec­ti­ve expe­rien­ces of it. Over the years his inte­re­sts have moved towards gen­der stu­dies, inve­sti­ga­ting the repre­sen­ta­tion of male sexu­ali­ty and ways of por­tray­ing this by arti­stic means. His fields of inte­rest inc­lu­de histo­ry, eth­no­gra­phy and muse­olo­gy as well as the nar­ra­ti­ves used at the inter­sec­tion of the three.
His work has been pre­sen­ted in insti­tu­tions such as Kumu Art Museum in Tal­linn; Nomas Foun­da­tion in Rome; Kia­sma in Hel­sin­ki; HKW in Ber­lin; Mal­mo Art Museum; Natio­nal Museum of Con­tem­po­ra­ry Art Athens (EMST); Meet Fac­to­ry in Pra­gue. Sam­ma repre­sen­ted Esto­nia at 56th Veni­ce Bien­na­le and par­ti­ci­pa­ted in seve­ral inter­na­tio­nal bien­na­les inc­lu­ding 2nd Riga Inter­na­tio­nal Bien­nial of Con­tem­po­ra­ry Art.

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