Krzysztof Jung. Performer

A signi­fi­cant por­tion of the exhi­bi­ted prints was pro­du­ced for an exhi­bi­tion abo­ut Gale­ria Repas­sa­ge at Warsaw’s Zachę­ta in 1993. The pho­to­gra­phs will be com­ple­men­ted by a selec­tion of the artist’s dra­wings, pro­vi­ding addi­tio­nal con­text for his actions.

Grze­gorz Kowal­ski was usu­al­ly the pho­to­gra­pher docu­men­ting Jung’s per­for­man­ces. For the cur­rent exhi­bi­tion, he has pre­pa­red a dedi­ca­ted work titled Exca­va­tion.

Krzysz­tof Jung (1951–1998) bro­ught vita­li­ty, ero­ti­cism, and homo­ero­ti­cism to the Repas­sa­ge Gal­le­ry on Kra­kow­skie Przed­mie­ście in War­saw. The­re, after com­ple­ting his stu­dies, he deve­lo­ped his con­cept of „pla­stic the­atre”, cre­ating a series of per­for­man­ces dedi­ca­ted to his friends.

In the gal­le­ry spa­ce, Jung wove intri­ca­te webs of thre­ad resem­bling spi­der­webs. With his thre­ading, he con­nec­ted naked bodies, con­struc­ting pro­tec­ti­ve coco­ons or traps. In this sen­su­al way, he explo­red his fasci­na­tion with cor­po­re­ali­ty, inter­per­so­nal rela­tion­ships, emo­tions, feelings, and the mutu­al depen­den­cies they cre­ate. His per­for­man­ces also car­ried hid­den mes­sa­ges addres­sed to spe­ci­fic indi­vi­du­als.

In 1993, the Zachę­ta Natio­nal Gal­le­ry of Art in War­saw held an exhi­bi­tion sum­ma­ri­zing the acti­vi­ty of the Repas­sa­ge Gal­le­ry. At that time, Jung was respon­si­ble for arran­ging the room dedi­ca­ted to the period when he him­self mana­ged the gal­le­ry (Repas­sa­ge 2, 1978–1979). Within a sepa­ra­te, thre­aded spa­ce, he pla­ced pho­to­gra­phs from his own per­for­man­ces. The ori­gi­nal prints, pre­se­rved in the archi­ve, are being shown for the first time in over thir­ty years.

The docu­men­ta­tion of Jung’s per­for­man­ces, display­ed on a table in the cen­ter of the gal­le­ry, is com­ple­men­ted by a selec­tion of his dra­wings. The­se works pro­vi­de addi­tio­nal con­text for his per­for­man­ces, depic­ting people, pla­ces, and recur­ring motifs signi­fi­cant to the artist.

The pho­to­gra­phic docu­men­ta­tion of Jung’s per­for­man­ces at Repas­sa­ge Gal­le­ry was cre­ated by Grze­gorz Kowal­ski, who was clo­se­ly asso­cia­ted with the gal­le­ry. As an annex to the exhi­bi­tion, Kowal­ski has pre­pa­red a new work dedi­ca­ted to his friend, enti­tled Exca­va­tion. Its main ele­ment is a por­tra­it of Jung, welco­ming visi­tors as they enter the gal­le­ry. Kowal­ski juxta­po­ses Jung’s elec­tri­fy­ing sexu­ali­ty with a memen­to mori reflec­tion on the imper­ma­nen­ce of the human body.

źró­dło: https://gunianowikgallery.com/shows/jung-performer/