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About usPress-releasesTransfer: PinchukArtCentre presents “How the Work is Done” by Agnieszka Polska4–9 September 2012
Open Tuesday through Sunday from 12:00 until 21:00.
Admission is Free.
The PinchukArtCentre presents “How the Work is Done” by Agnieszka Polska - the second 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. This is a common project of the PinchukArtCentre and the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (Warsaw, Poland).
In her film works Agnieszka Polska develops an advanced structure of narration combined with a deep research for an own specific visual language. The PinchukArtCentre presents three of her recent videos How the Work is Done (2011), The Garden (2010), My Favorite Things (2010). These works deal with research on identity and value and include to some extend examination of the figure of the artist.
Björn Geldhof, Artistic manager of the PinchukArtCentre, curator of the show: “With Agnieszka Polska we welcome one of the youngest Polish artists. She is not only shown in this exchange exhibition but is nominated for the Future Generation Art Prize. Polska develops a unique visual vocabulary combining research of narration with sublime visual language. A combination of some of her older work is a perfect window to the new work which will be presented at the Future Generation Art Prize show starting from
October 27, 2012.”
The exhibition is organised and co-curated by Lizaveta German, participant of the PinchukArtCentre’s Curatorial Platform. The show is open on the 5th floor in the PAC-UA space from 4 until 9 September 2012.
During the opening, Agnieszka Polska and Lizaveta German will hold an Artist Talk dedicated to “How the Work is Done” project. It will take place on September 4, 2012, at 18:00 in the PAC-UA space on the 5th floor of the art centre.
Later this week, on Sunday, September 9, 2012, at 18:00, there will be a special lecture “Movement, Sound and Image – Polish Video Art from the Historic Perspective and Nowadays” by Ewa Gorzadek, Polish art critic and chief curator at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle. The lecture will take place on the 6th floor at the SkyArtCafe’s video-lounge.
The lecture will focus on the historical background and the most interesting video artists of the last decade. Ewa Gorzadek will describe the artistic context of Agnieszka Polska’s works and will show selected examples of videos created by young Polish artists.
Scheduled lectures in the framework of Transfer:
The lecture programme is supported by the 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]
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Agnieszka Polska (1985, Lublin)
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (2010) and from the Universität der Künste, Berlin (2009). Winner of the Grand Prix of Geppert Competition (2011). In 2012 was shortlisted for the second edition of the Future Generation Art Prize. Lives and works in Kraków.
The upcoming solo exhibitions by young Polish artists in the framework of Transfer:
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Within the framework of the Transfer project presented at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle the following Ukrainian artists, nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize in 2009 and 2011, have presented their two-week individual exhibitions at the CCA this summer: Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Volodymyr Kuznetsov, Lada Nakonechna and Mykola Rydnyi. Curator of the project is Marianna Dobkowska.
Earlier five Ukrainian speakers were invited to Warsaw to present Ukraine’s cultural context and offer a critical discourse on Ukrainian contemporary art scene. Kateryna Botanova, Vasyl Cherepanyn, Alevtina Kakhidze, Maria Lanko, and Anna Łazar have visited Warsaw for the accompanying cycle of lectures.
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.
To find out more please visit: pinchukartcentre.org
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:
PinchukArtCentre
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