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\u25cf This exhibition challenges the myth of a homogeneous national storyline to reveal the differences that constitute each culture\u2019s many layers\u2014 and more specifically, those of Poland. Often seen as the home to a homogeneous population, the country was nevertheless built through migratory patterns that have enriched its culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition is an invitation to discover the rich diversity of Poland\u2019s many cultures and trace their connections to Lorraine. Together, these reveal overlapping histories and little-known cohabitations. Moving beyond representations of what has been called \u2018Eastern Europe\u2019 \u2013 often in contrast to a \u2018West\u2019 whose boundaries and definitions have shifted \u2013 the exhibition reminds us that differences are integral to the ways we experience the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ma\u0142gorzata Mirga-Tas, Sofia Taikon, 2023. Photo Marek Gardulski. Courtesy de l\u2019artiste et de la Foksal Gallery Foundation, Varsovie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u21b3 Curated by Joanna Warsa and Fanny Gonella, Director of Frac Lorraine, in collaboration with Sophie Potelon, Programme Coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first stage of the exhibition \u2018Familiar Strangers: Eastern Europeans from a Polish Perspective\u2019 took place at Bozar, the Palace of Fine Arts in Brussels, from 14 March to 29 June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 The exhibition is organised in partnership with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, co-funded by the Polish Ministry of Culture, and is supported by the Polish Institute in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 Media partner: ICI TV Radio Digital<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n

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\u25cf This exhibition challenges the myth of a homogeneous national storyline to reveal the differences that constitute each culture\u2019s many layers\u2014 and more specifically, those of Poland. Often seen as the home to a homogeneous population, the country was nevertheless built through migratory patterns that have enriched its culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition is an invitation to discover the rich diversity of Poland\u2019s many cultures and trace their connections to Lorraine. Together, these reveal overlapping histories and little-known cohabitations. Moving beyond representations of what has been called \u2018Eastern Europe\u2019 \u2013 often in contrast to a \u2018West\u2019 whose boundaries and definitions have shifted \u2013 the exhibition reminds us that differences are integral to the ways we experience the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ma\u0142gorzata Mirga-Tas, Sofia Taikon, 2023. Photo Marek Gardulski. Courtesy de l\u2019artiste et de la Foksal Gallery Foundation, Varsovie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u21b3 Curated by Joanna Warsa and Fanny Gonella, Director of Frac Lorraine, in collaboration with Sophie Potelon, Programme Coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first stage of the exhibition \u2018Familiar Strangers: Eastern Europeans from a Polish Perspective\u2019 took place at Bozar, the Palace of Fine Arts in Brussels, from 14 March to 29 June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 The exhibition is organised in partnership with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, co-funded by the Polish Ministry of Culture, and is supported by the Polish Institute in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 Media partner: ICI TV Radio Digital<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n"},"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_fr_post_content":"\n

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\u25cf Exposition de groupe avec des \u0153uvres de Assaf Gruber, Emma Dajska, Eva Prusiewicz, Ewa Partum, Janek Simon, Jasmina Metwaly, Ma\u0142gorzata Mirga-Tas, Natalia LL, Ngo Van Tuong, Oliwia Bosomtwe, OPJ Cyganek et Julie Poulain, Renata Rara Kami\u0144ska, Shadow Architecture, Teresa Murak, Zuzanna Hertzberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D\u2019o\u00f9 vient le fantasme qu\u2019une culture devrait \u00eatre une entit\u00e9 d\u00e9limit\u00e9e et uniforme\u2009?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cette exposition va \u00e0 l\u2019encontre du mythe de l\u2019homog\u00e9n\u00e9it\u00e9 du r\u00e9cit national. Elle cherche \u00e0 r\u00e9v\u00e9ler les diff\u00e9rentes strates qui constituent une culture, et plus particuli\u00e8rement celle de la Pologne. Souvent consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme ayant une d\u00e9mographie homog\u00e8ne, ce pays est pourtant li\u00e9 \u00e0 des r\u00e9alit\u00e9s migratoires qui ont enrichi sa culture. En miroir, ses mouvements de population ont des liens forts avec la Lorraine, qui a accueilli de nombreux\u00b7ses polonais\u00b7es lors du d\u00e9veloppement des mines et de l\u2019industrie sid\u00e9rurgique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019exposition invite \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir une multiplicit\u00e9 de cultures en Pologne, en y associant leurs ramifications en Lorraine. Ensemble, elles r\u00e9v\u00e8lent des histoires qui se superposent et des cohabitations m\u00e9connues. Certaines \u0153uvres, historiques ou r\u00e9centes, montrent des strat\u00e9gies artistiques qui soulignent ou contournent les tensions associ\u00e9es au r\u00f4le des femmes dans l\u2019espace public. La nature est \u00e9galement pr\u00e9sente, comme une composante du r\u00e9el qui invite \u00e0 migrer ou \u00e0 s\u2019ancrer selon les capacit\u00e9s d\u2019accueil du terrain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aujourd\u2019hui, la porosit\u00e9 entre les diff\u00e9rents pays de l\u2019Europe a chang\u00e9 avec la guerre en Ukraine, ouvrant un nouveau chapitre de l\u2019histoire du continent. Au-del\u00e0 des repr\u00e9sentations de ce que l\u2019on a appel\u00e9 \u00ab Europe de l\u2019Est \u00bb \u2013 comme un pendant \u00e0 un \u00ab Ouest \u00bb dont les limites et d\u00e9finitions ont chang\u00e9 \u2013, l\u2019exposition nous rappelle que les diff\u00e9rences font partie int\u00e9grante de notre exp\u00e9rience du monde.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ma\u0142gorzata Mirga-Tas, Sofia Taikon, 2023. Photo Marek Gardulski. Courtesy de l\u2019artiste et de la Foksal Gallery Foundation, Varsovie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u21b3 Commissariat de Joanna Warsa, curatrice, et Fanny Gonella, directrice du Frac Lorraine, en coop\u00e9ration avec Sophie Potelon, coordinatrice de la programmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Une premi\u00e8re \u00e9tape de l'exposition \u00ab\u2009Familiar Strangers. Les Europ\u00e9ens de l\u2019Est d\u2019un point de vue polonais\u2009\u00bb s'est tenue \u00e0 Bozar, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles du 14 mars au 29 juin 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 L\u2019exposition est organis\u00e9e en partenariat avec l\u2019Institut Adam Mickiewicz, cofinanc\u00e9 par le minist\u00e8re de la Culture de Pologne, et avec le soutien de l\u2019Institut polonais de Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 Partenaire m\u00e9dia : ICI TV Radio Digital<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","_fr_post_name":"familiar-strangers-une-pologne-multiple","_fr_post_excerpt":"","_fr_post_title":"Familiar Strangers. Une Pologne multiple","_en_post_content":"\n

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\u25cf This exhibition challenges the myth of a homogeneous national storyline to reveal the differences that constitute each culture\u2019s many layers\u2014 and more specifically, those of Poland. Often seen as the home to a homogeneous population, the country was nevertheless built through migratory patterns that have enriched its culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition is an invitation to discover the rich diversity of Poland\u2019s many cultures and trace their connections to Lorraine. Together, these reveal overlapping histories and little-known cohabitations. Moving beyond representations of what has been called \u2018Eastern Europe\u2019 \u2013 often in contrast to a \u2018West\u2019 whose boundaries and definitions have shifted \u2013 the exhibition reminds us that differences are integral to the ways we experience the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ma\u0142gorzata Mirga-Tas, Sofia Taikon, 2023. Photo Marek Gardulski. Courtesy de l\u2019artiste et de la Foksal Gallery Foundation, Varsovie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u21b3 Curated by Joanna Warsa and Fanny Gonella, Director of Frac Lorraine, in collaboration with Sophie Potelon, Programme Coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first stage of the exhibition \u2018Familiar Strangers: Eastern Europeans from a Polish Perspective\u2019 took place at Bozar, the Palace of Fine Arts in Brussels, from 14 March to 29 June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 The exhibition is organised in partnership with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, co-funded by the Polish Ministry of Culture, and is supported by the Polish Institute in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u21b3 Media partner: ICI TV Radio Digital<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","_en_post_name":"","_en_post_excerpt":"","_en_post_title":"","edit_language":"en"},"tags":[7],"event-type":[30],"saison":[454],"lieu":[371],"class_list":["post-9805","exhibition","type-exhibition","status-publish","hentry","tag-exposition"],"excerpt":{"raw":"","rendered":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fraclorraine.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/9805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fraclorraine.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fraclorraine.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibition"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fraclorraine.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fraclorraine.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9805"},{"taxonomy":"event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fraclorraine.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-type?post=9805"},{"taxonomy":"saison","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fraclorraine.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/saison?post=9805"},{"taxonomy":"lieu","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fraclorraine.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lieu?post=9805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}