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Italian renaissance art as well as fairy tales and legends in which wit, horror and cruelty intertwine provide vital inspiration for Aleksandra Waliszewska's art. Waliszewska's graphic interference within the gallery's spiral staircase was an attempt to reinterpret the architecture of the Exhibition Pavilion and enter into dialogue with Krystyna Tołłoczko-Różyska, the designer of the building. The stairs that extend through all levels gained a temporary decoration at its top and foot. Medusa's head transformed into an ornamental rosette and the figure of a horse are motifs drawn from classical culture and the Italian renaissance. Legs in white knee-length socks and black pumps visible at the foot of the stairs have humorous, somewhat ghastly overtone. They imply the presence of a figure crushed under tonnes of concrete poured during constructing the building. The work is a commentary on the functioning of specific space for which it was dedicated. Preserving the integrity of the work is thus possible only in the presentation place ascribed to it.

Aleksandra Waliszewska (b. 1976) pursues painting and drawing. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She collaborates with the international art group Frederic.

Wall graphic in the lower part of the staircase