Allan Sekula: Polonia and Other Fables
Exhibition schedule: Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago: September 20–December 13, 2009
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March 10, 2010
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Given its location in Chicago, the Renaissance Society was the perfect venue for Allan Sekula’s Polonia and Other Fables, forty photographs and accompanying texts three years in the making. The exhibition represented a joint commission between the Renaissance Society and the Zacheta National Gallery in Warsaw. Polonia refers to Poles living outside their country, and Chicago is host to the largest population outside of Warsaw. For centuries, Poland has been dominated by other nations, by...