Blood Concrete Sun: Nowacki and Tomkowicz at HOS Gallery

HOS Gallery in Warsaw presents 'Blood Concrete Sun,' a two-person exhibition featuring Maciej Nowacki and Miłosz Tomkowicz, curated by Marianna Łomża, running from June 16 to August 8, 2026. Nowacki's paintings depict intimate queer domesticity against backdrops of socialist realist monuments, while Tomkowicz casts concrete and bronze sculptures that treat myth as malleable material. The show explores residues of past imaginaries, the body, monuments, and rituals. Nowacki's works include figures like Pat Dudek, a trans woman who subverts gender norms, and references the Peowiak Monument in Warsaw. Tomkowicz's sculptures, such as 'Ancestor' and 'Two Bare Swords,' engage with history, legend, and collective memory. The exhibition's title references three axes: blood (body), concrete (ideology), and sun (myth). Both artists start from opposite directions—Nowacki from the body toward history, Tomkowicz from history toward the individual—creating a dialogue on inheritance and transformation.