For Frieze London 2022, Galeria Wschód is thrilled to present a solo booth with new works by Joanna Woś (b. 1991, Wrocław, PL).

Frieze London
12 – 16 October, 2022
Regent’s Park

In the selection of the works presented at Frieze London 2022 the artist evoke religious, historical imagery – as in the reference to the fresco The Feast of Herod (1466) being part of the cycle Stories of St. Stephen and St. John the Baptist by Renaissance painter Filippo Lippi (1406 – 1469) located in the Cappella Mag- giore of the Prato Cathedral. In the paintings, Woś echoes the figure of Salome dancing – a compelling motive in the fresco – replacing it with herself and restaging the Lippi’s masterpieces, which distinctly unfolds into a perplexing scenes in toned-down yet vivid hues. The artist does not limit herself to one expressive motive – the paintings also reminiscent one-act tragedy by Oscar Wilde Salome, which orriginally depicted the seduction of John the Baptist by Salome (the step-dauther of Herod Antipas) and her death on Herod’s orders […]

Joanna Woś (b. 1991, Wrocław, PL) lives and works in Vienna. Selected solo exhibitions: Glittering Prize, Croy Nielsen, Vienna (2024);  True to Life, Wschód New York (2023); Soshiro Matsubara / Joanna Woś, Croy Nielsen Berlin (temporary space on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz) (2023); Precious and Tender, Croy Nielsen, Vienna (2022); Liste Showtime, Basel (2020); Sweat, Wschód, Warsaw (2020). Selected group exhibitions: Sophie Thun, Joanna Woś What do you do in bed?, Gdansk City Gallery 1, Gdansk (2024); Obsession I, ECHO Cologne (with Wschód) (2023); I saw the other side of the sun with you, Cromwell Place, London (2023); Nothing is left to chance, Wschód Warsaw (2022); DER RADWECHSEL, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Vienna (2022); Portraiture One Century Apart, Massimo De Carlo, Milan (2021); Common Nocturnes, Simone Subal, NYC (2021).