http://www.vernissage.tv | Until the 19th of December 2009, Hauser & Wirth Zürich presents an exhibition of new paintings on canvas and works on paper by Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal. Many works in the show relate to Wilhelm Sasnalâs first ever feature-lenght film entitled Swiniopas (Swineherd), which he realized in the past year. Swiniopas is an adaption of a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale of the same name. Wilhelm Sasnalâs film is shot in black and white and set in bleak, rural Poland. Itâs about a swineherd who smuggles letters back and forth between a farmerâs daughter and her lesbian lover.
Wilhelm Sasnal was born in Tarnów, Poland in 1972. He lives and works in Krakow. Major solo presentations of his work include âLata walkiâ, Zacheta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw, Poland (2007); âPinturesâ, â¨CaixaForum, Barcelona (2007); âPaintings & Filmsâ, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2006); Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main (2006); and Kunsthalle Zürich (2003). In November 2006 the artist received ...
