For a long time, the countryside was not within the field of interest of contemporary art. The artists tended to focus primarily on cities, globalisation and new technologies. However, in recent years, there has been a clear shift toward localness, landscape and experiences connected with life outside major urban centres.
Justyna Smoleń is a Polish artist who works with methods rooted in traditional craft techniques, weaving together feminist critique, ecocriticism and commentary on the capitalist and increasingly nationalistic structures that govern the world.
Taking its title from the Latin word exuvia — the shell left behind after metamorphosis— the exhibition examines transformation as both a visual and bodily experience.