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Jouissance emerges in the fissures of language, in experiences that transcend the boundaries of what can be articulated.
It is a sensation born from excess, intensity, and at times, suffering – an inseparable aspect of human desire.
– Inspired by Jacques Lacan’s theory of jouissance
The exhibition Sinthome by Laurie Smith at Galeria Wschód presents artist’s latest paintings, which delve into the
complexities of queer presence and subjectivity in the contemporary metropolis. The project takes the form of a site-
specific painting installation, where individual works function as fragments of a single nocturnal narrative, constructing
a layered intimacy of fleeting encounters. Smith continues his research into the visual and social strategies of
constructing queer life within the social imagination. The works engage with the psychoanalytic concept of jouissance –
a state of intensity in which pleasure and pain are inseparable, and the categories of trauma and celebration converge.
Smith draws…
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Press Release
Jouissance emerges in the fissures of language, in experiences that transcend the boundaries of what can be articulated.
It is a sensation born from excess, intensity, and at times, suffering – an inseparable aspect of human desire.
– Inspired by Jacques Lacan’s theory of jouissance
The exhibition Sinthome by Laurie Smith at Galeria Wschód presents artist’s latest paintings, which delve into the
complexities of queer presence and subjectivity in the contemporary metropolis. The project takes the form of a site-
specific painting installation, where individual works function as fragments of a single nocturnal narrative, constructing
a layered intimacy of fleeting encounters. Smith continues his research into the visual and social strategies of
constructing queer life within the social imagination. The works engage with the psychoanalytic concept of jouissance –
a state of intensity in which pleasure and pain are inseparable, and the categories of trauma and celebration converge.
Smith draws…
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