The Cabinet of Curiosities: A New Installation at the Willa Lentza
17-05-2024, Friday, at 6:00 pm - Free entrance
As of Friday 17th May 2024, the Lentz Villa’s garden hosts another artistic installation – a cube, 3 x 4 x 3 metres, constructed of light wooden elements as a ‘cabinet of curiosities’. The project was created by the artistic duo of Paweł Kleszczewski and Katarzyna Zimnoch of Konik Studio.
The interior of this cube is a kind of mini-gallery, in the manner of the cabinets of curiosities popular in the 17th century, that is, rooms or cabinets filled with drawers, display cases and shelves, on which such objects as drawings, sculptures, figurines, mini-installations, window paintings, etc., were exhibited.
The cabinet can be observed from two perspectives:
1. From the front (entrance to the garden), visitors will spot a ‘weird’, oversized cabinet filled with various pieces and forms of contemporary art created by the Zimnoch / Kleszczewski team.
2. On approaching this cubic form, visitors are invited to enter a ‘salon’, in which an art exhibition has been arranged and can be inspected closely.
The cabinet, made up of decorative elements covered with fluorescent paintings, alludes to the art of woodcarving. Halogen lamps arranged in garden space cast shafts of light onto this installation, which thus enters into a fine dialogue with the historical form of the villa itself.
The cabinet of curiosities at the Lentz Villa was inspired by the Kunstkammer of Phillip II, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin (1573-1618), residing in our city, who combined artistic patronage with a collector’s passion.
In the hope that you will find the Lentz Villa’s extraordinary artistic projects and events worthy of your attention, we warmly invite you to visit us at the city’s artistic salon and its garden.
ABOUT THE INSTALLATION AUTHORS:
Katarzyna Zimnoch and Paweł Kleszczewski graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Together, they create animations based on myths, legends, and folklore. Their works have been presented at more than a hundred international film festivals. They have been artists-in-residence in Estonia, Ireland, Germany, and Sweden.
In 2013 they founded KONIK STUDIO. They currently live and work in Szczecin. Their works can be found in numerous museums and private collections.
