Dominika Bednarsky + Paris Giachoustidis Bitten by a love bug

until 23.04. | #3331ARTatBerlin | 68 projects presents from 5th March 2022 the exhibition Bitten by a love bug as a duo exhibition with the artists Dominika Bednarsky and Paris Giachoustidis. The exhibition challenges the mainstream portrayal of men and women, confronting the stereotypes, limitations, and ideals imposed on the disputed images of the sexes in society. Both artists employ a process of appropriation; while Giachoustidis references vintage postcards and advertisements for his source imagery, Bednarsky takes reference to the online search results of her intended topic of interest, using humor as a critical tool against mass media, consumer culture and gender stereotypes. Dominika Bednarsky presents a series of glazed sculptural ceramics in the shape of traditional bouquets consisting of objects such as fish, bacon, hunting trophies, sausages, chickens, and other such grill party worthy items in forms often reminiscent of genitalia mixed with flowers. The bouquets seem to each hold a character or imply a narrative – one can already imagine the ‘hopeful’ couple who receives the erotic bouquet of calla wrapped in chicken with rose petals, or the fish whose mouth opens into an inviting expression of a vagina atop chards with scrotum veins. Their glossy appearance exudes […]