{"id":3841,"date":"2010-11-16T08:30:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T06:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2016-10-09T09:36:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T07:36:45","slug":"beata-kosc-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/beata-kosc-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Beata Kosc Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Text and photos\u00a0by Beata Kosc<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Artist Statement<\/h2>\n<p>&#8216;The \u201cCertain Body\u201d is a series of self-portraits. It is focusing on gender as a layer of identity attributed to the body. It is an attempt to expose the illusion of gender as an immutable category by demonstrating the degree of performance that must be undertaken to become a member of a gender group. I believe that by rejecting gender we can be our true selves and achieve a freer state of being.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3845 aligncenter\" title=\"Photo from the Certain Body series by Beata Kosc Photography\" alt=\"Photo from the Certain Body series by Beata Kosc Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/otherwhite_koscphotography.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/otherwhite_koscphotography.jpg 445w, https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/otherwhite_koscphotography-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a photographer born in Poland in 1976. My current practice revolves around portraiture and it is focused on identity seen as something private and gentle, but also theatrical and political. I\u2019m interested in national, ethnic and gender identity and its influence on the individual.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>All photos \u00a92010 Beata Kosc Photography<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3842 aligncenter\" title=\"Photo from the Certain Body series by Beata Kosc Photography\" alt=\"Photo from the Certain Body series by Beata Kosc Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/gayman_koscphotography.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/gayman_koscphotography.jpg 445w, https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/gayman_koscphotography-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3843 aligncenter\" title=\"Photo from the Certain Body series by Beata Kosc Photography\" alt=\"Photo from the Certain Body series by Beata Kosc Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/woman_koschphotography.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/woman_koschphotography.jpg 445w, https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/woman_koschphotography-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3844 aligncenter\" title=\"Photo from the Certain Body series by Beata Kosc Photography\" alt=\"Photo from the Certain Body series by Beata Kosc Photography\" src=\"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/oldb_koscphotography.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/oldb_koscphotography.jpg 445w, https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/oldb_koscphotography-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beata is based in London. You can see photos from her &#8216;Certain Body&#8217; series at the GFEST 2010 Visual Arts Exhibition, the annual queer group show in London, until Friday November 19 2010:<\/p>\n<h2>GFEST 2010 Visual Arts Exhibition<\/h2>\n<p>Hampstead Town Hall \/ InterChange Studios<br \/>\nThe Atrium, Hampstead Town Hall<br \/>\n213 Haverstock Hill<br \/>\nLondon NW3 4QP, UK (Entrance from footpath on Haverstock Hill)<br \/>\nOpen 10.30AM to 5.30PM (Saturday &amp; Sundays closed)<br \/>\nEntry Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos and Artist Statement by Beata Kosc: &#8216;The \u201cCertain Body\u201d is a series of self-portraits. It is focusing on gender as a layer of identity attributed to the body&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[405,1021,22],"tags":[424],"class_list":["post-3841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artist-showcases","category-artists","category-photography","tag-beata-kosc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}