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“Talent, Passion, Intuition” continues the legacy of survey exhibitions launched by Aleksander Jackowski in 1985 and 2005, and opens a new series focused on current research in non-professional art in Poland.
“The Shed No. 2” — Pan Miś pavilion
Inside the museum we built a dedicated pavilion — “The Shed No. 2” — a true replica of the artist’s workspace. It wasn’t mere scenography but an extension of Pan Miś’s world. As the project’s curator (Maciej, the artist’s brother) I arranged the space to retain the raw, authentic atmosphere of our workshop.
For the first time we presented the entire “Apocalypse” cycle: a dark saga, inspired by “Terminator”, a warning against blind faith in technology and transhumanism. Michał states it simply: “man should not play God”. The works’ raw energy reverberated through the museum.
Context & people
We reached Ms. Wilk through a note with contact details handed to us by Pavel Konečný during his first studio visit. Ms. Wilk — the head of non-professional art at Poland’s key institution in this field — visited privately and later with artist Jan Nowak (a retired miner — a hero figure to Michał). In a warm atmosphere we agreed on a “show within a show”: a closed, self-contained Apocalypse pavilion.
Working with a highly professional team only amplified Pan Miś’s expression: identity, non-belonging and inner tensions — the core themes of his work — came across even stronger.