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About usPress-releasesTransfer: PinchukArtCentre presents “The End of Radio” by Konrad Smoleński11–16 September 2012
Open Tuesday through Sunday from 12:00 until 21:00.
Admission is Free.
The PinchukArtCentre presents “The End of Radio” by Konrad Smoleński - the third 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).
Konrad Smolenski works with various media including video, installations, performance and happenings. Investigation of sound is a core element of his multi layered artistic activity. By appropriating various artistic strategies he explores the expressive potential of sound as a sculptural form. Apart from sound installations, Smolenski creates sound performances, both as live actions or video documentations, and also performs in music band Panerstwo.
At the PinchukArtCentre the artist presents one of his recent major sound installations, “The End of Radio”. The exhibition space is occupied with hundreds of microphones that produce sound instead of collecting it. The viewer or, rather, the listener finds oneself drawn in myriads of unknown voices, exploring the physical, sculptural dimensions of sound.
Björn Geldhof, Artistic manager of the PinchukArtCentre, curator of the show: “Konrad Smolenski’s Project within Transfer deals with an idea of how sound can take sculptural form. It shows only a small part of the rich artistic practice of Smolenski who continues to develop his artistic language through performances, actions and sculpture, experimenting with the act of destruction as a creative moment.”
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 11 until 16 September 2012.
During the opening, Konrad Smoleński and Lizaveta German will hold an Artist Talk dedicated to “The End of Radio” project. It will take place on September 11, 2012, at 18:00 in the PAC-UA space on the 5th floor of the art centre.
The following day, on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at 19:00, there will be a special lecture “Team Players. Polish Artist Groups” by Agnieszka Pindera, an independent curator based in Warsaw and a member of International Association of Art Critics (AICA). The lecture will take place on the 6th floor at the SkyArtCafe’s video-lounge.
Agnieszka Pindera will give a short introduction on the Polish artist groups, using Konrad Smolenski’s quote from his bio that “he is one of the pillars of the Panerstwo group” as a pretext. She will present a few chosen groups which are to some extend related to Panerstwo, among them: Azorro Super group (formed in 2001), Kolo Klipsa (1983-90), and Luxus (1983-95). These groups will become a background to draw an (in)visible dialog.
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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Konrad Smoleński (1977, Kalisz)
Works in the field of photography, video art, installation, performance and happening, also within Penerstwo group and Pink Punk art-group. Winner of the First Prize of Deutsche Bank Foundation Award (2011). Lives and works in Warsaw.
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.
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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:
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