Art in Art
Thursday, April 27, 2017, 6:00 PM - Sunday, October 1, 2017
According to the organisers, the latest temporary MOCAK exhibition from the cycle presenting artists’ takes on various spheres of social function will be different to all others.
Each of the six instalments presented so far focused on a single real-life issue: we have explored art dealing with history, sport, economy, gender, medicine and even crime. This time, the curators Delfina Jałowik, Monika Kozioł and Maria Anna Potocka take a closer look at “art in art”. Grand masterpieces, depictions of famous people, distinctive games of composition and spectacular scandals associated with art come together to form a collection of motifs etched in public imagination. How and why do artists reach for this “great collection of recognisable images”?
The exhibition Art in Art shows us how putting existing artworks and artistic gestures in fresh contexts gives them a new life and new meanings, and how they are used by other artists to comment on current problems and topics. We will see works by over sixty contemporary artists from around the globe. The authors reach for art created by others for a range of reasons; the presentation attempts to sketch an “image of a subtle game of meaning which tackles different questions”, including those covered by earlier instalments of the cycle – explain the curators. (Dorota Dziunikowska, “Karnet” monthly)
MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow
ul. Lipowa 4
The combination of post-industrial atmosphere with a modern and functional glass and concrete structure provides a perfect framework for the presentation of important phenomena in the art of the last five decades.
A memory of the former production halls of the enamelware factory (known from Steven Spielberg’s film Schindler’s List) melds here with a modern and functional structure of glass and concrete, providing a perfect setting for the presentation of contemporary art. MOCAK has its own, regularly expanded collection of art (both Polish and foreign) from the last five decades, and its development can be traced in the successive variations of the permanent exhibition. It has been divided into a number of sections: conceptualism, video, sculpture, and objects. It is also the venue for numerous temporary exhibitions, including a large annual problematic exhibition confronting selected questions in contemporary public life with the artists’ outlook (the presentations made so far have focused among others on history, sport, economics, crime, gender, and medicine in art). Moreover, MOCAK regularly hosts exhibitions of Kraków Photo Month. The museum runs its own library with a book collection devoted to contemporary art and humanities, runs educational activities, and manages and implements research and publication projects.
Tickets: normal PLN 20, concessions PLN 10, family PLN 43, admission free to permanent exhibitions on Thursday
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