Somewhere in Teksas-land: "Grace Under Pressure – Fashion in the People's Republic of Poland" by Gabriel Stille

Bienvenidos / Welcome

El proyecto curatorial de

Gerda Kochanska y Luca Tronci

presenta por primera vez un archivo fotográfico inédito de Jan Reutt, médico de profesión de origen polaco y gran aficionado a la fotografía, fallecido en 2003.

Las fotografías de Jan Reutt, además de ser un ritual natural, constante y espontáneo guiado por su pasión por fotografiar a su esposa, son un documento histórico único del fenómeno "Teksas-Land', concebido por Anna Pelka, especializada en la moda, y el diseño y sus implicaciones socio-políticas en los antiguos países del "Bloque del Este".

The curatorial project of

Gerda Kochanska and Luca Tronci

presents a hereto unpublished photographic archive by Jan Reutt, Polish born

doctor and keen amateur photographer, who passed away in 2003.

Jan Reutt's photographs, besides being a natural, constant and spontaneous ritual guided by his passion for photographing his wife, are a unique historical document of the phenomenon named 'Teksas-Land', conceived by Anna Pelka, specialist in the socio-political implications of fashion and design in the former 'eastern block'.

"Grace Under Pressure – Fashion in the People's Republic of Poland" by Gabriel Stille

"The post-war period saw the advent of youth culture, prêt-à-porter and visual media forever changing the way we dress. In the People's Republic of Poland, despite the harsh political and economic reality, the will to expression still found means through fashion."