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About usPress-releasesTransfer: PinchukArtCentre presents “A Man with Two Seesaws” by Monika Zawadzki28 August - 2 September 2012
Open Tuesday through Sunday from 12:00 until 21:00.
Admission is Free.
The PinchukArtCentre presents “A Man with Two Seesaws” by Monika Zawadzki - the first one-week solo exhibition in the context of Transfer. Transfer is an exchange programme to promote and support new generation of Ukrainian artists abroad and to offer a dynamic view on young Polish art in Ukraine. It is realized in collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (Warsaw, Poland).
Monika Zawadzki creates simple graphic forms in sculpture, painting, drawing and video, all deeply rooted in the formalistic design strategies. One of her principle subjects is the idea of constructed identities, which Zawadzki translates using universal forms.
The exhibition will include three new produced works: a sculpture “A Man with Two Seesaws” which will be shown in dialog with two videos from her “Anyone” project; a site-specific mural painting and a new sound work consisting out of an interview between herself and Maria Lanko.
Björn Geldhof, Artistic manager of the PinchukArtCentre, curator of the show: “Zawadzki develops a language which combines graphic strategies with a high developed research into forming cultural and private identities. With these new productions which are presented at the exhibition, the artist makes a new step in her work combining different media to develop a complex multidimensional discourse.”
The exhibition is organised and co-curated by Maria Lanko, participant of the PinchukArtCentre’s Curatorial Platform. The show is open on the 5th floor in the PAC-UA space from 28 August until 2 September 2012.
During the opening, Monika Zawadzki will hold an Artist Talk dedicated to “A Man with Two Seesaws” project. It will take place on August 28, 2012, at 18:00 in the PAC-UA space on the 5th floor of the art centre.
One day later, on August 29, 2012, at 19:00, there will be a special lecture around an idea of exchange with artist Alevtina Kakhidze.
Alevtina Kakhidze – artists, works with installation, media, performance texts and design objects, The Kazimir Malevich Artist Award winner in 2008, First prize winner of the Competition for Young Curators and Artists, Kyiv, Center for Contemporary Art at NaUKMA in 2002. More information at alevtinakakhidze.com
Scheduled lectures in the framework of Transfer:
Ewa Gorzadek – “Movement, Sound and Image – Polish Video Art from the Historic Perspective and Nowadays”, September 9 at 19:00;
Agnieszka Pindera - “Team Players.Polish Artist Groups”, September 12 at 19:00;
Daniel Muzyczuk – “Resonating spaces. Polish sound art”, September 19 at 19:00;
Final discussion – September 26 at 19:00.
The lecture programme is realised with the support of Polish Institute in Kyiv.
Registration for the lectures is mandatory.
For inquiries and registration, please contact:
Tel.: +38 044 590-08-58
E-mail: [email protected]
Registered participants will be admitted to the art centre without queuing.
Press and photography accreditation for the event: [email protected]
Monika Zawadzki (1977, Warsaw)
Author of sculptures, video works, graphics and posters related to problems of social exclusion, constraints, otherness, sexuality and corporality. Was an art director of magazines DIK Fagazine and K Mag. Lives and works in Warsaw.
The upcoming solo exhibitions by young Polish artists in the framework of Transfer:
Agnieszka Polska (4–9 September),
Konrad Smoleński (11–16 September),
Nicolas Grospierre (18–23 September),
Michał Budny (25-30 September).
PinchukArtCentre is the largest and most dynamic private contemporary art centre in Central and Eastern Europe. It is dedicated to fostering artistic education, creation and appreciation in Ukraine. The PinchukArtCentre is a leading international centre for contemporary 21st-century art. It provides a sustainable contribution to the cultural participation and emancipation of Ukrainian art and society. And it gives a significant contribution to the cultural dialogue between East and West, and between national identity and international challenge.
Exchange with:
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (CCA) is a National Institute for Culture, which promotes contemporary art, and is one of the most active art institutions in Central and Eastern Europe.
For over 20 years, that Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle has provided a place for creativity, presentation and documentation of cutting edge art in all of its variety. The CCA program focuses on exhibiting a range of contemporary art disciplines as they progress through changes and react to current cultural and civilizational phenomena. CCA's attempts to fashion a favourable environment for creation of excellent works that reflect these changes in all creative genres. CCA presents the work of Polish and foreign artists, but also exhibits the most important phenomena in Polish art abroad. It maintains relationships and conducts exchanges with numerous art institutions throughout the world.
The lecture programme is supported by:
Polish Institute in Kyiv is a centre subordinate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs whose main task is to promulgate throughout the world Polish culture and knowledge of Polish history and national heritage, and also to promote cooperation in culture, education, science and social life. Polish Institute provides financial and administrative support for joint Polish-Ukrainian projects (interdisciplinary projects in the first place).
The exchange was supported by:
KUNSTTRANS KIEV
KARIATYDA Construction Company
PinchukArtCentreBlock А, 1/3-2, Chervonoarmiyska Street/Baseyna Street
Besarabka quarterKyiv 01 004UkraineTel: +38 (044) 590-08-58
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