Exhibition Can You See Me gallery ARTIPOLIS Motovun
Gabi von Seltmann about the exhibition idea:
I am grateful to so many women who have touched my life in different ways. But what do I really know of these women’s lives, the ordinary women of my family, the women in my circle of friends and women in the public eye who lie buried in history’s cemeteries? I may glimpse a fact here or there, but how these women managed and ordered their lives, how they saw themselves and saw the world has not been passed on or preserved.
Yet, aren’t women often honored and their names recorded? It is true. Many women have been idolized and adored and been especially gifted with flowers. And they have accepted these fragrant offerings, have bent forward and buried their faces to drink in their scent. But in these moments of tribute and acceptance, women have also vanished from our view and become hidden to the world. So flowers are both honor and obscure.
Each woman in these photographs asks: Can you see me?
In the quiet corners of our personal history, where the echo of the past hovers like a soft whisper, lies the faded tapestry of the existence of many women.
The latest art exhibition by Gabi von Seltmann, ‘Can you see me?’, brings us the silent heroines from her shadow of oblivion and places them in the light of respect they have long been deprived of.
On walls pulsating with courage, energy, and passion – a tribute to women who lived in silence, women whose dreams were unspoken and voices unheard.
With this exhibition, Gabi von Seltmann transforms the gallery into a place of celebration. A place where the past and present meet, inviting us to reflect on the lives of those who were once hidden in plain sight. In this space, we are invited to remember, honor, and elevate the stories of these unseen heroines from both Gabi’s past and our own.
May their story inspire you as well, may their presence remind you of the beauty and strength of the unseen and unspoken.
Vasilina Ivanovna (Ukraine, Ве
She knew my family before the war. For 75 years, Vasilina lived and died in the village of Verhovyna. During the war, when she was a very young girl, she risked death and saved Bela (my grandmother) and my mother.
Rosa Luxemburg (Poland, 1871 – 1919, Germany )
History has forgotten and remembered her again, which is why I found her. A fighter for justice, a dissenter, Rosa was also an amateur botanist who created herbariums from the plants she collected.
