Agnieszka Pilat

Oct 29, 2023 | kyivpost.com | Agnieszka Pilat |Mark Raczkiewycz |Andriy Bondar |SArah Johnson |Sarah Johnson

A pivotal election for Poland just saw a pro-European administration come to power. Unfortunately, the electoral road was shaped into a contentious ride, resurfacing many of the historical pains between Poland and Ukraine, while undermining both country’s bonds of love, unity, and resilience forged by artists following Russia’s invasion. Perhaps these political tensions are inevitable growing pains for two siblings who grew up in the shadow of an abusive relative.

May 4, 2023 | mutualart.com | Agnieszka Pilat

Living in polarizing times supports binary thinking – things are either good or evil, right or wrong, exciting or distressing – the kind of quick judgment Polish artist Agnieszka Pilat has gotten used to when people see her work online, something she calls “a comic book response.” Seeing a still photo of Pilat and a canine sidekick walking side-by-side down the streets of New York City, both adorned in the same shade of yellow, already reads as something out of a graphic novel.