"Sunrise March"
A Painting by Agnieszka Pilat
"Sunrise March" was created in Agnieszka's New York City studio with the help of Boston Dynamics' Spot robot, as a metaphor for the millions of refugees marching toward freedom. It sold at a private auction in San Francisco, and is currently being shown at select institutions in the Washington D.C. area with the Polish Embassy ahead of its final destination in Poland.
"My hope for SUNRISE MARCH is to memorialize the marches my ancestors made through previous conflicts, and the shared journey to freedom undertaken by the Polish and Ukrainian people. When this conflict is over, there will be many heroes. Our hope is that the immediate, gracious, selfless response of Poland is remembered alongside Ukraine's heroic stand against tyranny" - Agnieszka Pilat
Artist Bio:
Polish-born artist, Agnieszka Pilat is best known for her series of heroic portraits of technology and for paintings co-created with a quadruped robot, Spot. She has written about art history for Artnet and spoken about the intersection of art and technology at the annual Founders Forum in London. Her work has been covered by the New Yorker, Boston Globe, WIRED, New York Magazine, and CNN.