Skip the Line
Warsaw Biennale
October-November 2018
“Skip the Line!!” read the ads in Europe’s leading tourist centres: pay only a few euros more, avoid the queue, and outsmart everyone else. The exhibition speaks about the rhetoric of promises: those which can be fulfilled and those absolutely unrealistic; about the wishful language of politics and global capitalism; and finally, about the bitter taste of disappointment when a promise meets reality. The exhibition deals with the subject of populism – a phenomenon which, among other features, addresses and responds to the needs of “the people.” But who are the people, what unites this group, and how do they articulate their needs? Perhaps, “the people” does not even exist, but then who and why has invented it?
The presented works reflect on the nature of today’s language of politics and media, on how the words attempt to shape reality. The exhibition points to the connections and similarities between the neoliberal cult of freedom with its promise of individual success, and illiberal populism which values freedom and independence of an individual, a state, and a nation. Skip the line! aims to comment on the ongoing political processes in Central Europe and the world; but instead of its effects on public life, it focuses on mechanisms and the rhetorical constructions behind them. The exhibition space is partially inaccessible to people with disabilities (three levels without an elevator).
Artists: Anna Baumgart, Adelina Cimochowicz, David Chichkan, Ditte Ejlerskov, Katarzyna Górna i Jakub Majmurek, Szabolcs KissPál, Jarosław Kozłowski, Kulik-KwieKulik, Dóra Maurer, Karolina Mełnicka, Jozef Mrva, Grupa Nagrobki, Aleka Polis, Joanna Rajkowska, Odile Bernard Schröder, Aleksandra Ska, Łukasz Surowiec, Monika Szpener, Maria Toboła, Jiří Žák
Curators: Stanisław Ruksza, Jakub Gawkowski, Scenography/instalation: Michał Korchowiec
www.skiptheline.online
Will there be war tomorrow?
Opener Music Festival 2018
July 2018
Museum of Modern Art Warsaw
Gdynia - Kosakowo Airport
“Will there be war tomorrow?” is already the seventh exhibition brought by the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw to the Open’er Festival and Alter Art. The title expresses the fears that have become so common today. In the context of 100 years of Polish independence, the exhibition highlights the elusive among military history. We ask about Poles as a political community and study the invention of modern nation. To find answers, we look at the social and political revolution surrounding the Kościuszko uprising and discover other “folk” stories. The “End of violence” show, directed by Bogna Burska and Magda Mosiewicz, presented at 4 p.m., is a contemporary comment on the subject. External activities will be led by Jerzy Bohdan Szumczyk and his team of art militants.
Artists: Andreas Angelidakis, Kader Attia, Yael Bartana, Bownik, Maciej Chodziński, Jill Godmilow, Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz, Michał Korchowiec, Goshka Macuga, Tomasz Machciński, Karol Radziszewski, Daniel Rycharski, Jerzy Bohdan Szumczyk (with Paweł Althamer, Mariusz Waras, Michał Szlaga) Jadwiga Sawicka, Wilhelm Sasnal, Jakub Woynarowski, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Curator: Szymon Maliborski
Four Seasons of the Year, No Spring Though
Center of Contemporary Art "Kronika", Bytom
27.09. - 08.11.2014
curator: Stanisław Ruksza
coordination: Agata Gomolińska - Senczenko
Michał Korchowiec’s exhibition Cztery pory roku, lecz bez wiosny (Four Seasons of the Year, No Spring Though)
consist of a monumental feature interactive installation, as well as of a selection of artist’s latest paintings.
Photos: http://www.kronika.org.pl/wystawy/wystawy-2014/item/312-michal-korchowiec-cztery-pory-roku,-lecz-bez-wiosny
EN text: http://www.kronika.org.pl/en/exhibitions/exhibitions-2014/item/849-michal-korchowiec-four-seasons
Plica Polonica
Center of Contemporary Art "Kronika", Bytom
29.11.2014 - 31.01.2015
curators: Stanisław Ruksza, Agata Cukierska
participants: Piotr Bujak, Bogna Burska, Hubert Czerepok, Maya Gordon, Katarzyna Górna&Jakub Majmurek,
Michał Korchowiec, Jerzy Lewczyński, Zbigniew Libera, Jacek Niegoda, Dorota Nieznalska, Patrycja Orzechowska,
Krystyna Piotrowska, Stephanie Syjuco, Andrzej Tobis, Piotr Wysocki.
Plica polonica is a Latin name for Polish plica. It has a rich history in Poland and it had been known since pagan times,
still occurring here and there in the XX century. And while condition known under the name "plica" had been observed in
other countries as well, nowhere was it as popular as in the Republic of Poland. Hence the conviction that it was
a phenomenon characteristic to our society. There were numerous superstitions relating to plica, and one of them said
it was forbidden to cut it as it may result in mental illness or blindness. Growing this hair bundle on the head,
heavy with sebum and dirt, was supposed to prevent diseases and protect against the devil.
Photos: http://www.kronika.org.pl/wystawy/wystawy-2014/item/798-plica-polonica
En text: http://www.kronika.org.pl/en/exhibitions/exhibitions-2014/item/802-plica-polonica
Your City is a battleground
Museum of Modern Art Warsaw
6th edition of Warsaw Under construction festival
12.10.2014
curator: Stanisław Ruksza
The exhibition raises the question of the relationship between art and conditions for its production in a city dominated by neoliberal logic of the last 25 years.
Photos: http://wwb6.artmuseum.pl/en/doc/twoje-miasto-to-wole-walki