Ala Savashevich. Bus Stop Gallery

Bus Stop Gallery is Ali Savashevich’s latest research project. The artist visited villages near Wroclaw, including Czernica, Łany, Kamieniec Wrocławski, Ratowice and Krzyków, in order to look at communication and cultural exclusion.

During her travels, she was especially interested in female inhabitants of smaller towns she met at bus stops. The artist created mini-exhibitions with artworks by Jakub Jakubowicz, Liliana Zeic and Jagoda Dobecka, turning bus shelters into places for receiving art. She filled the long wait for public transport that connects with the world with a conversation about art, life, exclusion, bodies and rights.

The exhibition presents documentation of the process: interviews in the form of audio works, as well as film and photographic records. In the interviews, artworks become starting points for stories, and the interviewees themselves confirm that art can be received by anyone, as long as they have the opportunity to interact with it.

Funded by a grant from the City of Wrocław

ALA SAVASHEVICH – (b. 1989, Stolin, Belarus) currently lives and works in Wrocław. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. Since 2021 a doctoral student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. In 2021 and 2024 she received a scholarship from the Mayor of the City of Wrocław. In particular, she researches themes of collective memory, trauma and identity formation in societies with experiences of authoritarianism and patriarchy. She uses monumental forms as well as video and performative actions, often exploring the limits of her own body. The artist’s work was recognised during Warsaw Gallery Weekend 2021 – she was awarded the ING Polish Art Foundation Prize.