Poland's Monika Weiss to showcase her forthcoming project at New York's John Jay College

On November 14, 2023, the Department of Art and Music at New York's John Jay College will hold a film screening followed by a conversation with NY-based Polish artist Monika Weiss and the institution's Department Chair, Professor Claudia Calirman - focused on Weiss's upcoming sculptural public project "Nirbhaya".

The event will take place at Jeremy Travis Conference Room in New York, starting at 5:00 PM local time.

New York-based Polish artist Monika Weiss is internationally recognized for her practice encompassing video, film, sound, music, performance, drawing and sculpture. Her work moves between the political and the poetic to explore questions of the body, history and violence.

Gallery artist, Monika Weiss is having a solo exhibition “NIRBHAYA” Curated by #WeronikaElertowska at #CentreofPolishSculpture Orońsko, Poland. More at https://t.co/J8PrcaOEXL
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.#MonikaWeiss #NIRBHAYA #Orońsko #BrunoDavidGallery #artist #contemporaryart #art pic.twitter.com/9p4MQLrhAY

— Bruno David Gallery (@bdavidgallery) July 4, 2021

Since 2011, the Polish artist holds a professorship at Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Recipient of numerous awards, in 2023 Weiss was awarded the New York State Council on the Arts individual artist grant in support of her forthcoming sculptural public project "Nirbhaya" at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York.

Who is remembered, who is forgotten, and how do we unforget violence, in order to remake a world without it?@stlCEL presents Monika Weiss: Monument | Anti-Monument at @TheKranzbergSTL: https://t.co/lifUB8izXl

📷: Nirbhaya (Gate Down) #37, 2019, 8x10", photo: Jean Vong pic.twitter.com/tBPt2VWrz9

— Kranzberg Arts Foundation (@KranzbergArts) April 8, 2021

"Nirbhaya" is devoted to forgotten victims of gender-based violence perpetuated around the world. The project is organised in partnership with the New York City Parks Department of Art and Antiquities, World Council of Peoples for the United Nations, and Streaming Museum.

Join internationally-acclaimed artist Monika Weiss and @stlCEL for the first virtual panel discussion in a series of six, "Nirbhaya — Two Sister Monuments," on 3/12 at 12PM (CST).

Register: https://t.co/zpj94hKPlU pic.twitter.com/5QN37IW6nB

— Kranzberg Arts Foundation (@KranzbergArts) March 8, 2021

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Source: Polish Cultural Institute New York