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Turnus

Founded by Kamila Falęcka and Marcelina Gorczyńska, Turnus originated in 2020 as an independent artistic and curatorial collective.

Driven by the belief that art thrives in playful, social settings, Turnus transitioned into a permanent space on Warsaw’s Wolska Street in June 2023. Evolving beyond a traditional gallery model, its space showcases a vibrant program of exhibitions and events, complemented by a cafe space providing a platform for sociability, neighborly discovery and community building.

Turnus collaborates with emerging voices of contemporary art working across diverse media and experimental practices, such as: Ant Łakomsk, Piotrek Kowalski, or Tomek Tofilski.

Wolska 46/48
01-187 Warsaw, Poland

About us
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Hi… :-)

Our names are Kamila and Marcelina, we created Turnus when we were art students - as an artistic and curatorial group -
at the beginning of 2020. It basically came from our need to do something and be able to join the art world on our terms.

Our practice is focused on togetherness - we believe that art thrives in social and playful settings - that’s why our gallery
is located above the cafe, where amazing events are happening everyday, from chess tournaments to poetry readings, with bingo and cartoon screenings. The main focus of Turnus is exploring different ways of collaboration, by connecting artists and their practices, in every form we can think of - because the goal is to try how our world would be without the idols…

We exhibited dozens of photographers on a big table in a park, builded more walls to fit more people in our gallery
on Wolska and created sculptures that were literal platforms for other artworks. This time we would like to invite You
for a walk around parks, parkings and squares, a beautiful sight recalled by Ant Łakomsk and Piotrek Kowalski.

postcard from the sidewalk

sculpture - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Piotrek Kowalski
parking post 1, 2024
steel, cement, clay, wood
188 × 50 × 50 cm

Ant Łakomsk
untitled
2024
oil on canvas - © Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
untitled
2024
oil on canvas

sculpture - © Paris Internationale

Piotrek Kowalski
parking post 2, 2024
steel, cement, padlocks
220 × 100 × 60 cm

Artists

Łakomsk (b. 2001), though a painter, is not confined by the medium. Rather than attempting to deconstruct it, she enjoys meandering across its platitudes. Clichés, metaphors, and their often-wry reinterpretations are her source of inspiration.

Kowalski (b. 1997) creates sculptures that look almost like pieces from a science exhibition. He combines post-construction elements with carefully crafted elements looking like they were found on the street (but they are actually made from scratch) to study the intersection of city and nature and the influence of infrastructure on human behavior.

painting - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
Giacomo Park (Statue), 2024
oil on canvas
150 × 60 cm

painting - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
Fountain, 2024
oil on canvas
150 × 200 cm

painting - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
Giacomo Park (Graffiti), 2024
oil on canvas
150 × 115 cm

Curatorial idea of the booth

This is the very beginning of the story - it gets more and more mundane and the stories are like memories You never
get to remember. Combining these two, opposite aesthetics is a way of exploring the universal language of presented pieces. Both artists explore completely different, very particular aesthetics, even their own image, but with the intention of revisioning common known references. Though they’re not the same at all, somehow they unknowingly share the same sights. The idea is to create a versatile landscape, made out of differing, individual expressions and the question is how they can complement each other.

Ant Łakomsk’s most recent paintings are quiet oil landscapes depicting seemingly familiar sceneries. Unexpected details subtly disrupt their casualness; the scene morphing into outlines of shadow figures, fading into afterimages. Piotr Kowalski’s works stand around and before the paintings, adding to the impression of this dimmed landscape. The muddy coating on the slim metalworks somehow looks mesmerizing now.

The spirit of unexpected encounters aligns Ant Łakomsk and Piotr Kowalski with Turnus’ focus on creating exhibitions
as a platform for artistic exploration, unconventional collaborations, and sociability*. At Paris Internationale, we are showcasing two new series of these artists, creating a landscape, a postcard from Poland, further playing with yet another cliché of blurring the lines between art and reality.

Piotrek Kowalski
ball, 2024
steel, black sand
145 × 300 × 30 cm - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Piotrek Kowalski
ball, 2024
steel, black sand
145 × 300 × 30 cm

Turnus - © Paris Internationale
Turnus - © Paris Internationale

*sociability - for us, art and the curatorial practice should focus more on the relationship with the viewer, in our gallery program - allowing the audience to engage easily with art by appealing to common nostalgias and expanding the show with ephemeral and welcoming events (like feasts and discussions)

Preview of all artworks
painting - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
Giacomo Park (Graffiti), 2024
oil on canvas
150 × 115 cm

Ant Łakomsk
untitled
2024
oil on canvas - © Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
untitled
2024
oil on canvas

painting - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
Girlfriend, 2024
oil on canvas
150 × 60 cm

painting - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
Fountain, 2024
oil on canvas
150 × 200 cm

painting - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
Giacomo Park (Statue), 2024
oil on canvas
150 × 60 cm

painting - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
Bells, 2024
oil on canvas
135 × 150 cm

painting - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
Leash, 2024
oil on aluminium
30 × 20 cm

painting - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Ant Łakomsk
Wall-watcher, 2024
oil on canvas
30 × 20 cm

Piotrek Kowalski
ball, 2024
steel, black sand
145 × 300 × 30 cm - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Piotrek Kowalski
ball, 2024
steel, black sand
145 × 300 × 30 cm

sculpture - © Paris Internationale

Piotrek Kowalski
parking post 2, 2024
steel, cement, padlocks
220 × 100 × 60 cm

Turnus - © Paris Internationale
sculpture - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Piotrek Kowalski
parking post 1, 2024
steel, cement, clay, wood
188 × 50 × 50 cm

Turnus - © Paris Internationale
sculpture - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Piotrek Kowalski
bird’s eye view of the parking lot, 2024
steel, black sand, key chain
195 × 45 × 65 cm

Turnus - © Paris Internationale
Turnus - © Paris Internationale
sculpture - © photography by Bartek Zalewski, Paris Internationale

Piotrek Kowalski
oponeo, 2024
steel, black sand, clips, rubber bands, shopping cart token
119 × 53 × 36 cm

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