Last year, I got a chance to work with a group of Polish photographers, following an invitation by curator Jens Pepper, and discovered the work of Karolina Wojtas. One of her images particularly stuck in my mind: a boy, eyes closed, whose face is covered by a green plastic bag. Shockingly brutal yet somehow innocent, this and other photographs I encountered during the show, testify to the punch and power of Wojtas’s work. I wanted to know more about the story behind her provocative genre-bending work and her upcoming solo show at C/O Berlin, so I invited her to tell me what’s new.
Nadine Dinter: You and your brother – what a combination! When did you realize that your best model would be “in-house”? What made you decide to work with him?
