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DISASTERS HAPPEN DAILY, ART RARELY
An encounter by Ewa Partum & Marlena Kudlicka

Ewa Partum and Marlena Kudlicka are both born in Poland and though they are from different generations,
conceptually they do share a strong common ground. It is the systematic examination of language, sign systems and
power relations – the precipitous playground of “DISASTERS HAPPEN DAILY” (Partum) – which is the driving
force for both artists, implemented in a complex oeuvre by each of them.

Based on neo-avantgarde’s politisation of the arts, Ewa Partum (*1945) visualizes normative inscriptions on identity from …