From February 17 to 27, 2022, you can see a new exhibition entitled "I can explain everything." The exhibition includes paintings by the independent Belarusian artist Maksim Osipaw, who received a scholarship from the program of the Minister of Culture Gaude Polonia. During the scholarship, in 2021, the artist created a series of colorful works on carpets under the common title: I Can Explain Everything.- The National Center for Culture manages the Gaude Polonia scholarship program of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, addressed to young artists from Central and Eastern Europe. Since 2003, we have already hosted artists from Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine. We are proud that we can support young artists, and the program has gained a well-deserved reputation. Today we are pleased to present the original works of the Belarusian Maksim Osipaw. The painter uses traditional techniques to describe contemporary problems that affect the inhabitants of Belarus. – emphasizes prof. Rafał Wiśniewski, director of the National Center for Culture.- The National Center for Culture manages the Gaude Polonia scholarship program of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, addressed to young artists from Central and Eastern Europe. Since 2003, we have already hosted artists from Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine. We are proud that we can support young artists, and the program has gained a well-deserved reputation. Today we are pleased to present the original works of the Belarusian Maksim Osipaw. The painter uses traditional techniques to describe contemporary problems that affect the inhabitants of Belarus. – emphasizes prof. Rafał Wiśniewski, director of the National Center for Culture.Professor Wiśniewski adds that the institution he manages has been actively working for years for the dialogue of Polish culture with the cultures of Central and Eastern European countries and promotes artists from neighboring countries, including from Belarus who are guests of cyclical NCK events, such as the Eufonie and East of Culture festivals. – The currently particularly difficult situation of Belarusian creators and artists makes us try to support them by organizing exhibitions, concerts or the action "#LightForBelarus" – highlighting buildings in the colors of the historic white, red and white flag of Belarus.Maksim Osipau graduated in 2002 from the Vitebsk State Polytechnic University in the field of communication design. He joined the Gaude Polonia program with a painting exhibition project. With his works, the artist refers to the Belarusian folk art of applied carpet painting, presenting fanciful images of biblical paradise, idyllic, love and battle scenes. This folk form of artistic expression appeared in peasant circles in Belarus after World War I. As Osipau emphasizes, decorative carpets decorating peasant huts were created even in times of famine and war turmoil. They were a compilation of unprofessionally copied works of art from cheap reproductions, religious motifs and floral borders. This often random selection of motifs turned out to be a strong, original voice with an extraordinary emotional charge. Folk artists, by copying recognized works and their original interpretation, expressed their dreams and longings, escaping from difficult reality into a colorful world inspired by the works of European masters. The art of ‘painting on carpets’, considered naive or kitschy in Belarus, has gained recognition abroad. It is worth recalling the name of Alena Kisz, a self-taught artist from the first half of the 20th century, who gained world fame after her death thanks to her ‘painted carpets’.Maksim Osipau uses this almost forgotten form in order to use traditional techniques to present a contemporary commentary on the political and social changes taking place in Belarus. He is a strong voice of the young, independent artist community.Guided tour with the author of the works: February 27, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.Curator: Agnieszka Bebłowska Bednarkiewicz / NCKOrganizers: National Center for Culture, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Kordegarda. Gallery of the National Center for Culture