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Maku Azu selected for our 2024 International residency program at Bridgepoint Studios in partnership with the Kowitz Family Foundation.

This year, Maku Azu worked on her residency project exploring the beauty in ephemeral moments shared between loved ones. Her collection reflects both the fragility and resilience of her people while celebrating the rich rituals of her culture. Azu’s work draws particular focus to traditions central to a Ghanaian funeral, such as her sister having her hair braided in preparation for the service, and the family cloth worn by close relatives as a symbol of connection. Through these intimate details, Azu commemorates the cornerstones of her culture, while also capturing the universal and deeply human experience of loss.

Mourning Mask
Clay to be reproduced in bronze
No of Editions 6 + 4 Artist Proofs
Size 30x23x8cm

For all enquiries contact, sarah@sarahkravitz.com

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We recently had the privilege of visiting artists at the Kowitz & Kravitz Residency, a programme founded in 2023 by David & Sarah Kowitz (Kowitz Family Foundation) and Sarah Kravitz (Director of @sarahkravitzgallery). The residency champions cross-cultural exchange and empowers emerging artists. Set at iconic @bridgepointrye and with another location beside in Soho Square, it continues the Foundation’s decade-long legacy of supporting artistic talent.

Here’s a glimpse at the incredible work we saw at the Bridgepoint in Rye:

@__aelfraed__ presented “Sick Works,” a haunting visual essay on the loneliness, isolation, and emotional weight of living in modern society.

Portuguese artist @selvasevlalevas blends historic iconography with playful, surreal explorations of the human experience in a way that feels timeless yet deeply relevant.

Polish painter @helena_stiasny’s beautiful paintings focus on women as protagonists of their own stories, painting women she met during the residency as powerful, self-actualising individuals rejecting objectification.

Ghanaian artist @makuazu shared deeply personal works depicting love, grief, and traditional Ghanaian funeral rituals. Her collection included emotive paintings and an intriguing sculpture reflecting how women adapt to their environments.

At the Soho Square Residency, we also experienced:

@nereida.patricia’s multilayered works exploring freedom and restraint, blending poetry with unique textures like resin, concrete, and crushed glass to capture moments of transition and liminality.

@mattia.guarnera who turns overlooked moments of daily life into beautifully romanticised pieces that reveal the beauty in the everyday.

@athenkardashian & @ninamhachdurban, a British-Asian duo reflecting on migration and growing up in London with Indian mothers. They created sculptural works inspired by nostalgic community noticeboards and fun teenage memories.

@fridawannerberger created powerful works exploring the complexities of femininity, challenging traditional gender roles with bold, dynamic pieces that celebrate resilience and individuality.

#FLOLondon #KowitzAndKravitzResidency

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In conversation with Helena Stiasny

Selected artists for our 2024 residency.

On viewing Polish painter Helena Stiasny’s work, one
is reminded of John Berger’s seminal quote, “Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at”. Encapsulating a notion that would later be termed ‘the male gaze’, Berger typifies the very systems Stiasny rejects in her work.

Informed by the resurgence of feminist politics in Poland following the women’s strike protests of 2020–2021, Stiasny’s practice is inherently anti-patriarchal. It is her desire that the women in her portraits return the gaze and are understood as powerful, self-actualising beings who refuse objectification.

Stiasny’s recent paintings see the artist picturing the women she has met during her time on the Kowitz & Kravitz Residency. From a local girl she exchanged numbers
with in a bar, to a fellow resident artist, these pieces are grounded in the relationships Stiasny has built in recent months and thereby uphold a proposition key to the recent protests in her homeland - that united, we are stronger.

For catalogue of available works, please contact sarah@sarahkravitz.com

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Install shots of new "Sick" series of works done during Kowits & Kravitz residency in Rye

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Portuguese artist João Alves’s recent works take inspiration from an enigmatic series of tile panels housed in the Palace of Mangualde in Viseu, Portugal. Created by Master Sousa Carvalho and titled The World Upside Down these uncanny scenes turn rural, house-hold life on its head - a woman returns from the hunt to find her husband nursing their baby while a donkey walks upon its hindlegs, leading its load bearing owner home for the night.

Intriguing to the artist due to the social critique laced within their content, Alves has reinterpreted these 18th Century panels in paint as a route to illuminating and undermining the societal conventions that still dictate and mediate our behaviour in the present.

text: @bellabonner

@sarahkravitzgallery artist residency at @bridgepointrye
The exhibition is available to view by appointment until 14 December. For the sales catalogue, please contact sarah@sarahkravitz.com.

(pics: @helena_stiasny )

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🇬🇧 On viewing Polish painter Helena Stiasny’s work, I am immediately reminded of John Berger’s seminal quote, “Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at”. Encapsulating a notion that would later be termed ‘the male gaze’, Berger typifies the very systems Stiasny rejects in her work.

Informed by the resurgence of feminist politics in Poland following the women's strike protests of 2020–2021, Stiasny’s practice is inherently anti-patriarchal. It is her desire that the women in her portraits return the gaze and are understood as powerful, self-actualising beings who refuse objectification.

Stiasny's recent paintings see the artist picturing the women she has met during her time on the Kowitz & Kravitz Residency. From a local girl she exchanged numbers with in a bar, to a fellow resident artist, these pieces are grounded in the relationships Stiasny has built in recent months and thereby uphold a proposition key to the recent protests in her homeland - that united, we are stronger.

🇵🇱 Kiedy oglądam prace polskiej malarki Heleny Stiasny, od razu przypomina mi się słynny cytat z J. Bergera: „Mężczyźni działają, a kobiety objawiają się. Mężczyźni patrzą na kobiety. Kobiety patrzą na siebie, będąc przedmiotem oglądu”. Obrazując koncept, który później zostanie nazwany „męskim spojrzeniem”, Berger opisuje systemy, które Stiasny odrzuca w swojej twórczości.

Praktyka Stiasny, inspirowana ożywieniem polityki feministycznej w Polsce po Strajkach Kobiet w latach 2020-2021, jest w swej naturze antypatriarchalna. Artystka pragnie, aby kobiety na jej portretach odwzajemniały spojrzenie widza i były odbierane jako silne, samorealizujące się jednostki, które sprzeciwiają się uprzedmiotowieniu.

Najnowsze obrazy Stiasny przedstawiają kobiety, które artystka poznała podczas rezydencji artystycznej Kowitz & Kravitz. Od miejscowej dziewczyny, z którą wymieniła się numerami w barze, po artystkę, koleżankę z rezydencji, prace te oparte są na relacjach, które Stiasny zbudowała w ostatnich miesiącach, a tym samym podtrzymują ideę kluczową dla niedawnych protestów w jej ojczyźnie - że zjednoczone jesteśmy silniejsze.

Bella Bonner Evans Artystka malarka młodego pokolenia Helena Stiasny i jej obrazy malarstwo współczesne podczas wystawy kończącej rezydencję artystyczną Kowitz & Kravitz Artist Residency w East Sussex w Anglii. Stiasny maluje silne, podmiotowe kobiety, to sztuka feministyczna. Rezydencja odbyła się dzięku Kowitz Family Foundation, to najwięksi kolekcjonerzy i mecenasi sztuki w Wielkiej Brytanii i Stanach Zjednoczonych.

Emerging polish artist and painter Helena Stiasny and her contemporary paintings during an art exhibition finalizing the Kowitz & Kravitz artist residency in Bridgepoint studios Rye, East Sussex, UK. The residency exists thank to the Kowitz Family Foundation. Kowitzs are one of the greates art collectors and patrons in the UK and USA.

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Today's private view with journalists and collectors at @sarahkravitzgallery @bridgepointrye Kowitz & Kravitz Residency.

It was intense! More soon 💕

#art #emergingartist #helenastiasny #stiasny #sarahkravitz #sarahkravitzgallery #bridgepointrye #kowitzfamilyfoundation #painting #wernisaż #malarstwo #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #polishartnow #sztukawspółczesna #malarstwowspółczesne #londonartscene #collectart #artcollection #artexhibition

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Over the course of the Kowitz & Kravitz Residency, Alfie Worrall’s practice has shifted dramatically. Having previously been focused on themes of consumerism and digital culture, the artist has since turned inwards. His recent works - depictions of lone figures in various poses of discomfort set against often anachronistic and somewhat sparse backgrounds - emerged as a result of the personal, professional and societal unease he has experienced over recent months. Aptly named the Sick works, Worrall’s series can be understood as a visual essay on the weight of living now.

Text by @bellabonner

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To live in this wonderful surrounding during the Artist-in-residence program is a dream ❤️

🌟 Sarah Kravitz Residency in Bridgepoint Rye sponsored by the Kowitz Family Foundation

🔜 This week our show is going to open! Stay tuned 😊

#artistinresidence #rezydencjaartystyczna #emergingartist #fairlighthall #eastsussex #sarahkravitzgallery #sarahkravitz #stiasny #helenastiasny #mocktudor #englishgarden #photography #hastings

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Meanwhile, at Bridgepoint, our four international artists are currently engaged in their residency at @bridgepointrye, in partnership with the Kowitz Family Foundation.

Alfie Worrall (UK) Joao Alves (Portugal) Maku Azu (Ghana) and Helena Stiasny (Poland)

We are delighted to have you!

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🔥🔥🔥 Sarah Kravitz Residency at Bridgepoint Rye spondored by the Kowitz Family Foundation!

🍂 Tej jesieni jako jedna z czwórki międzenarodowych artystów mam przyjemność przebywać na rezydencji artystycznej w południowej Anglii.

🏰 Fairlight Hall to rezydencja wybudowana w XIX-wieku, udająca styl Tudorów. Otoczona jest pięknym ogrodem obejmującym m.in. kaskadowe kwietniki, alejkę wysadzaną palmami, ekologiczne uprawy warzyw oraz widok na ocean. W słoneczne dni widzimy stąd białe klify w Dover.

🏭 Nasza pracownia znajduje się w pobliskim Rye – uroczym turystycznym miasteczku, w postindustrialnych przestrzeniach dawnej stoczni. To tam spędzamy całe dnie.

🫡 To dla mnie czas intensywnej pracy, a jej efekty będzie można zobaczyć w ostatnich dniach października podczas wystawy kończącej rezydencję.

#artistinresidence #art #emergingartist #fairlighthall #sztuka #malarstwo #helenastiasny #stiasny #sarahkravitzgallery #artcollector #sarahkravitz #artsceneuk #artworld #polishartnow #sztukawspółczesna #contemporaryart #rezydencjaartystyczna Młoda artystka na tle angielskiego zamku podczas rezydencji artystycznej.

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Helena Stiasny

Helena Stiasny’s latest artwork, exhibited in the duo exhibition The Blue Dress alongside the drawings of Tamara de Lempicka, offers a compelling reflection on the evolving portrayal of women. Art Deco often reinforced the image of women as both objectified and liberated figures. But was this truly a form of liberation? The femme fatale, with her striking beauty, remains a figure of seduction, her power enhanced by a confident gaze and bold makeup. However, if this image is intended to define womanhood, does it not risk being superficial or overly simplistic?

We were honored to host Helena’s first solo exhibition in London in December 2023, and we are thrilled to have her participate in this year’s residency program at Bridgepoint.

Welcome Helena💥

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