Izabella Gustowska
Day of the Eclipse: Tea Time
Day of the Eclipse: Tea Time is part of Izabella Gustowska’s series Relative Similarities II – L’amour passion (2000–2002). The work’s central element is a large, oval-shaped, mobile object, resembling an antenna or a space probe, which serves as a screen. Made of metal rods and transparent acrylic glass, the structure moves in a slow, pendulum-like motion. The screen displays projections of tea accessories – a cup, a teapot, a sugar bowl, a spoon. The image keeps morphing, taking the shape of a breast or a stylised lily. Everyday objects intertwine here with images of the body.
Izabella Gustowska
(b. 1948) a visual artist, a pioneer of feminist art, the author of paintings, graphics, photographs, videos, installations and performances. In the years 1967–1972, she studied at the State Higher School of Fine Arts (currently the University of Arts) in Poznań, where she later worked for many years as a teacher, obtaining the title of professor. She is a laureate of the Birgit Skiöld Memorial Trust Award (1984).