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The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House
Zofia Pałucha
MINOR ATTRACTIONS 2026
13-17 Oct
The Newman
50 Newman St, London W1T 3EB, UK
Titled The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House, after Audre Lorde's seminal essay, the painting reimagines the classical bacchanal as a contemporary afterparty. What initially appears as a scene of ecstatic celebration gradually unfolds into an ambiguous spectacle, where the boundaries between pleasure, performance, and agency become increasingly uncertain. By placing contemporary rituals of excess in dialogue with the iconography of the bacchanal, the work invites reflection on the complex relationship between freedom, desire, and the structures that shape them.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dr. Zofia Pałucha (b. 1993, Częstochowa) lives and works in Wrocław, Poland. Her painting practice combines personal experience with social and political commentary, presented through the perspective of contemporary digital media. Pałucha’s creative process begins on her smartphone, where she transforms amateur photos, random snapshots, and film fragments using various apps. By repurposing these digital elements, she creates new meanings from fleeting and often overlooked images. The artist is deeply interested in how the intimate sphere—the body, sexuality, and the experience of motherhood—functions in a world dominated by technology and politics. The diversity of the images she uses reflects the complexity of modern life, where the private realm is inseparable from the public and political. Her works are multi-layered and open to change, offering a subtle reflection on thefragility of human agency in a world shaped by constant tension.
In recent years, her work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Miłość in London (2025), PACT in Paris (2023/2024), BWA Studio in Wrocław (2024), Berlinskej Model in Prague (2021), and Piktogram in Warsaw (2020). Her work has also been included in group exhibitions at the Wrocław Contemporary Museum (2021) and Zachęta – National Gallery of Art (2022). In 2025, she participated in the NADA art fair in New York. She is the recipient of the Jerzy Grotowski Scholarship (2023) and the K Mag "Moskity" Award for Art (2024).
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Tuesday 13 October, 2026
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