French-language supplement to the acclaimed book Stable Vices by Polish artist Joanna Piotrowska, accompanying a major solo show opening at Le Bal, Paris in February 2023 Includes a new series entitled Tata and French translations of essays by Sara De Chiara, Joanna Bednarek, and Dorota Maslowska Piotrowska’s work explores themes between protection, oppression, shelter, and self- defence in visceral photographic series and short films Themes of protection, freedom and oppression resonate across Polish artist Joanna Piotrowska’s oeuvre. Bringing together all her primary photographic series and short films of to date, Stable Vices crystallises and explores this spectrum of concerns. This supplementary booklet is published to coincide with a solo exhibition at Le Bal, Paris, and expands the original publication with a further series, entitled Tata. It also includes French language translations of the book’s texts, by Sara De Chiara, Joanna Bednarek, and Dorota Maslowska, between them unpicking the complex tensions between domesticity and danger, aggression and tenderness that emanate from Piotrowska’s celebrated work. Co-published with Le Bal, Paris