AgnesJanich

Critic's quotes

In its simplicity the installation goes under the skin.

Der Standard Editor, Der Standard, Vienna, Austria


• Fearless.

Stefanny Jankenopon, curator, Amaterazu, Jakarta, Indonesia


• with a child-like faith in her ideals, she lets reality touch her to the bone. She reacts in images that scream with meaning.

Tomek Sikora, photographer and art educator, Warsaw, Poland


• a remarkably original take on femininity and a talent in making it speak through photography. The meaning of the images is striking.

Julian Haponiuk, photo critic, photocourrier, Warsaw, Poland


• The Divine? project is composed of eleven prints. Eleven exclamation marks made of toys.

Jena Opoldusova, art critic, Pravda, Bratislava, Slovakia


a remarkably intense body of work with an exceptional aura. Seemingly surreal, yet about reality.

Monika Malkowska, art critic, Rzeczpospolita, Warsaw, Poland


• this unique project is not just an arts event

Karolina Murzic, art critic, Lodz, Poland


• Janich is only 22 [ now 25 ] years old and a citizen of the world. She was able to create an incomparable moment and a space for true human contact.

Melanie Kolbrunner, art critic, Landbote, Zurich, Switzerland


• The piece enriches spiritually, giving us a sense of a deep social bond and a gratitude for participation.

Monika Bernacka, culture critic, OS, Auschwitz, Poland


• This exhibit challenges people to open their eyes to everything around them.

Silas Marti, art critic, La Fuelha de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil


• Fear turning into empathy and dismay - these are the feelings which Agnes Janich provokes without moralizing about looking and overcoming the past.

Falter Editor, Falter, Vienna


One of the sprawling exhibition’s most ambitious works is Man to Man by the Polish artist Agnes Janich.

Oliver Good, art critic, The National, Dubai, UAE


• the work (...) draws attention to individual pain

Dorota Lagodzka, art critic, Obieg, Warsaw, Poland


• What she illustrates determines how she does it. (...) An avid analyst of human relations.

Malgorzata Sidor, curator, fabs, Warsaw, Poland


• The corridor walls get closer and closer as if trying to smother you, while, in year head, you hear your own heavy breathing.

LeMonde.Fr


The effect is mind-boggling. Passers-by stop and exchange remarks on the piece. Memory is coming back.

Marta Pietrasik, art critic, Gazeta Wyborcza, Lodz, Poland