Exhibition Lucerne Art Museum shows collages by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas
View of two parts of "Re-Enchanting the World" by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas.
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The co-producer of Wakaliga, Harriet Nakasujja, presents the poster for the film "Rolex Time". In the background, painted posters for earlier Wakaliga films.
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View of two parts of "Re-Enchanting the World" by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas.
Image: Keystone
The co-producer of Wakaliga, Harriet Nakasujja, presents the poster for the film "Rolex Time". In the background, painted posters for earlier Wakaliga films.
Image: Keystone
In a new exhibition, the Lucerne Museum of Art is presenting the monumental work with which Małgorzata Mirga-Tas became internationally renowned at the Venice Biennale in 2022. The Polish Romni overwrites European art history in this work.
07.03.2025, 13:42
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"An Alternative History" is the title of the exhibition of works by Mirga-Tas at the Lucerne Art Museum until June 15. At the center is the room with the textile work "Re-Enchanting the World".
She fell "shockingly in love" with this work when she saw it in Venice, said museum director Fanni Fetzer on Friday before the opening. She explained the great response that "Re-Enchanting the World" triggered in the art world by the fact that it fills a hole in many collections.
Mirga-Tas brings a feminist perspective and that of the Roma to art. In doing so, she refers to works from European art history. "Re-Enchanting the World" is based on a Renaissance fresco from Ferrara.
Gods replaced by Roma
The images in the fresco depict months and are divided into three parts. Signs of the zodiac are depicted in the middle, ancient deities at the top and earthly scenes at the bottom. Miraga-Tas adopted this structure, but replaced the antiquity with images of the history and everyday life of the Roma.
Mirga-Tas lives in a village at the foot of the Tatra Mountains and works with friends. For the work, the women put together pieces from curtains, carpets or items of clothing to create colorful and expressive images.
In other rooms in Lucerne, larger-than-life portraits of Romnja, which Mirga-Tas calls "Herstories", and screens with everyday scenes are on display. The museum is also showing an animated film by the artist.
A second new exhibition is also about film and an alternative to the familiar. "Action! And Cut!" presents Wakaliga, a film studio from Uganda. It has been producing action films since 2005 with a very small budget and a minimal script, but with a lot of inventiveness and improvisation.
Wakaliga made the film "Rolex Time" for the Lucerne Museum of Art. In Uganda, "Rolex" is the usual shortening of "rolled eggs", a flatbread with a rolled-up omelette. The film tells the story of a Swiss woman who falls into the clutches of criminals in Uganda.
