Małgorzata Mirga-Tas

In her work she is influenced by the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1920s and 1930s, as well as colorful African art and the African-American artist Kerry James Marshall.

Her work, despite its strong colors, depict a very realistic reality: a woman smoking a cigarette, playing cards, hanging laundry.

The installation consisted of twelve large-format, three-part fabrics referring to the famous "calendar" cycle of frescoes from Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara.

Paintings depicting the Olympian gods, zodiac signs and scenes from the life of the court in Ferrara, which are fundamental to European art history, were used by the artist to talk about the specific Polish-Roma identity.

The artist prepared reinterpretations of these images and motifs by including elements of Polish-Roma culture and "disenchanting" stereotypical narratives about the Roma.

[7] The work of Małgorzata Mirga-Tas was an attempt to expand the Polish and European iconosphere and art history to include representations of Roma culture.

The artist created a world constantly subjected to "conversion", which became a kind of shelter offering hope and respite for the recipients.