Natalia LL

Consumer Art

Film de 16 mm sense so, 16 min 1 s

1972-1975

Incident: 

2019. Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Warsaw.

The artwork was on permanent display at the Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie (Warsaw) until 2019 when the director ordered it to be removed due to “complaints from visitors”. This led to a protest rally in front of the museum and a strong reaction on social media. The piece was eventually returned to its original location.

Biography:

Natalia LL (Żywiec, 1937 - Wroclaw, 2022) was a conceptual artist and a pioneer of feminist avant-garde art in Poland in the 1970s. Her work dealt with female sexuality and has been criticised and censored on several occasions. She worked with conceptual art and body art through photography, installations, sculpture, drawing and video.