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Installation view. Impossible Songs, Jester, Genk, 2024. Courtesy the artist and Jester. Ph: Van den Bussche-Vanden Bossche.
Installation view. Impossible Songs, Jester, Genk, 2024. Courtesy the artist and Jester. Ph: Van den Bussche-Vanden Bossche.
Mikołaj Sobczak
Teofil Kosiński, 2024
In collaboration with Yuval Harel
Oil, print on wood, disassembled metal stand
Oil, print on wood, disassembled metal stand
250 x 122 x 100 cm
98.4 x 48 x 39.4 inches
98.4 x 48 x 39.4 inches
B-MSOBCZAK-.24-0029
Further images
Recto: Teofil (Stefan) Kosiński, was born in 1925 in Toruń and lived to be 78 years old. In 1942, he was convicted under Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code,...
Recto: Teofil (Stefan) Kosiński, was born in 1925 in Toruń and lived to be 78 years old. In 1942, he was convicted under Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code, which penalized homosexuality, for having an affair with an Austrian soldier, Willi Götz. He was held until 1945, when he escaped from a prison near Hamburg. With Lutz van Dijk describing his memories from World War II in "Damned Strong Love: The True Story of Willi G. and Stefan K", his name and surname were revealed only after his death, having hidden the truth about himself from his family. During one of his many travels, Teofil invited Lulla La Polaca into his hotel room to show her a cross-dressing outfit made of towels. Sobczak has recreated this moment based on conversations he had with Lulla herself.
Verso: "Killing of Anabaptists" in Amsterdam from the Book of Martyrs by John Fox, 1535.
Verso: "Killing of Anabaptists" in Amsterdam from the Book of Martyrs by John Fox, 1535.
Exhibitions
Mikołaj Sobczak, Le Boudoir de l'Amour, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, 2024"Mikolaj Sobczak. Le Boudoir de L'Amour", Capitain Petzel, 2024.
"Mikolaj Sobczak. Impossible Songs", Jester | Flanders Arts Institute, Genk, 2024.