{"id":4171,"date":"2016-06-28T20:11:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T00:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2018-05-25T02:14:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T06:14:50","slug":"magdalena-sawon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/magdalena-sawon\/","title":{"rendered":"Magdalena Sawon"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4261\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4171-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/magdasawon.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/magdasawon.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/magdasawon.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4172 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/magda.jpg?resize=229%2C270&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"magda\" width=\"229\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/magda.jpg?resize=254%2C300&amp;ssl=1 254w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/magda.jpg?resize=768%2C906&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/magda.jpg?resize=868%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 868w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/magda.jpg?resize=624%2C736&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/magda.jpg?w=1953&amp;ssl=1 1953w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/magda.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>Magdalena Sawon was\u00a0born in Warsaw Poland, 1955. She has a\u00a0Masters Degree in Art History, from Warsaw University Lives and works in theUnited States since 1981.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sawon is a is a co-founder and co-director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postmastersart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Postmasters Gallery<\/a> in\u00a0New York City, where she organized over 300 exhibitions.\u00a0Postmasters Gallery opened in East Village in December 1984, moved to\u00a0Soho in 1989 and &#8211; in 1998 &#8211; to Chelsea for 15 years. Presently\u00a0Postmasters occupies a large two-exhibitions venue in Tribeca.\u00a0Postmasters is the primary gallery for all the represented artists.\u00a0During its 32 years Postmasters is showing young and established artists\u00a0of all media actively seeking new forms of creative expression and showing\u00a0them in a context of painting, sculpture and photography. Postmasters is\u00a0widely considered a pioneer of focusing attention on new media art which\u00a0began with &#8211; now seminal &#8211; exhibition \u201cCan you Digit? In 1996. The\u00a0artworks are generally content oriented, conceptually based, and &#8211; most\u00a0importantly &#8211; reflect engagement in issues of our time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Extensive archives of all exhibitions since 1999 are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postmastersart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">maintained online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sawon also works as an independent curator, lecturer, and consultant. She\u00a0served on the board of Rhizome and is a founding member of SEVEN\u00a0(2010-2016) a collaborative alternative to an art fair model. Among others,\u00a0her outside curatorial projects include large scale exhibition of new media\u00a0works \u201cThe future is not what it used to be\u201d in the Center for Contemporary<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Art \u2013 Zamek Ujazdowski in Warsaw Poland (2011). In November 2013 she\u00a0curated an exhibition \u201cPara-Real\u201d for 601 Artspace foundation in New York.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4173\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4173 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1320_lg.jpg?resize=625%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_1320_lg\" width=\"625\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1320_lg.jpg?resize=1024%2C668&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1320_lg.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1320_lg.jpg?resize=768%2C501&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1320_lg.jpg?resize=624%2C407&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1320_lg.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1320_lg.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serkan \u00d6zkaya, An Attempt At Exhausting a Place in New York, Installation View, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4174\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4174 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1321_lg.jpg?resize=625%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_1321_lg\" width=\"625\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1321_lg.jpg?resize=1024%2C666&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1321_lg.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1321_lg.jpg?resize=768%2C500&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1321_lg.jpg?resize=624%2C406&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1321_lg.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1321_lg.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serkan \u00d6zkaya, An Attempt At Exhausting a Place in New York, Installation View, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4175\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4175 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/installpano_lg.jpg?resize=625%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"installpano_lg\" width=\"625\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/installpano_lg.jpg?resize=1024%2C300&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/installpano_lg.jpg?resize=300%2C88&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/installpano_lg.jpg?resize=768%2C225&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/installpano_lg.jpg?resize=624%2C183&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/installpano_lg.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Mumford, Recent Paintings, Installation View, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/magdasawon.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listMagdalena Sawon was\u00a0born in Warsaw Poland, 1955. 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