Małgorzata Halber
Wishing You a Speedy Recovery
In the history of Zakopane, one of the most important moments was the city's attainment of health resort status, to which the efforts of Tytus Chałubiński contributed. The Władysław Hasior Gallery is inseparably linked to this heritage: it is housed in the former lounge of the “Warszawianka” sanatorium, which served the convalescence of patients with lung diseases. In this same building Hasior lived, worked and ran his gallery, and toward the end of his life he himself faced health problems.
The artist residency titled Wishing You a Speedy Recovery is an installation by Małgorzata Halber, born out of a heartfelt need to support others in their difficult moments. During the height of the flu season, it will restore to Zakopane the memory that health is an important part of the city's identity, of every artist's biography, and of our own.
Małgorzata Halber (b. 1979 in Warsaw) – multidisciplinary artist and writer. She works with found materials. In her artistic practice she is interested in error, decay and unwanted things.
Selected works: PROJEKT DOBRO, Fartuchy and the participatory project Sklepik, exploring the tensions between the city, institutional art theory and loneliness.
Selected exhibitions: Kolonia Stroboskop – Zbędne życia (2021, with Paweł Żukowski); Muzeum Etnograficzne we Wrocławiu (branch of the Muzeum Narodowe we Wrocławiu) – Makatka wywrotowa (2020) and Naprawiacze (2021).
In 2024, her book Hałas, situated on the border between essay and anarchy, was published by the Cyranka publishing house. Based on it, a VR work premiered in December 2026 at the Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej in Warsaw.
Trained as a philosopher, she also studied graphic arts at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.
Artist residency term: 27.10.2026 – 27.02.2027
The artist residency was carried out as part of the project “Reinterpretation of the Archival Resources of the Tatra Museum”, co-funded from the budget of the state through the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
Małgorzata Halber – Wishing You a Speedy Recovery
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