The Two-Headed Calf prompts compelling questions about identity and language. We effortlessly refer to it as “a calf with two heads,” yet if it were a human, we’d likely describe it as “two people sharing one body.” This contrast reveals just how differently we construct ideas of identity, form, and individuality. Where humans are typically viewed as singular, self-contained beings, the calf invites a more fluid and interconnected sense of subjectivity—one that slips through the cracks of rigid definitions.

EXCERPT FROM A TEXT BY PATRIK KOMOROWSKI, WRITTEN FOR THE EXHIBITION SKINNED AND SPINNED (2025) AT FREE BELARUSIAN MUSEUM, HOSTED BY WHOISPOLA GALLERY.

Two-Headed Calf (2025), worn black socks, wood, upholstery foam, glass eyes, 110 cm x 170 cm x 35 cm.

Photos by Bartosz Górka, from the exhibition Skinned and Spinned, hosted by WHOISPOLA Gallery.

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