//Overviews//
Overviews
MOCAK Collection
from 20 May 2011
Co-ordinator: Monika Kozioł
An exhibition of several dozen works of Polish and international artists, selected from the MOCAK Collection.
Mieczysław Porębski’s Library
Designed by: Jerzy Porębski
One of MOCAK’s permanent exhibitions and a true library at the same time. Apart from almost four thousand volumes from the Professor’s book collection, the space is decorated with pictures painted by the artists from the Krakow Group.
Viennese Actionism
The Opposite Pole of Society
Works from the Essl Collection (Austria)
9 November 2011 – 29 January 2012
Curator: Stanislaw Ruksza
Co-ordinator: Delfina Piekarska
The first exhibition of Viennese actionists in Poland of such a scale, presenting works by Günter Brus, Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch, Rudolf Schwarzkogler.
Ane Lan
All the World’s Women are in Me
9 November 2011 – 29 January 2012
Curator: Maria Anna Potocka
Assistant curator: Delfina Piekarska
A feminist exhibition of the Norwegian artist, illustrating our helplessness when faced with stereotypes about women.
Małgorzata Markiewicz
EU Textiles
9 November 2011 – 29 January2012
Curator: Monika Koziol
An exhibition presenting the textiles and outfits designed for the citizens of various countries of the European Union.
Journey to the East
2 December 2011 – 29 January 2012
Curator: Monika Szewczyk
Co-ordinator: Monika Kozioł
An exhibitions of works by artists from the former Eastern bloc, organised within the framework of the National Cultural Programme of the Polish Presidency 2011.
EVA & ADELE
Artist = work of art
16 February – 29 April 2012
Curators: Delfina Piekarska, Maria Anna Potocka
An exhibition of the artistic couple which, following the principle that WHEREVER WE ARE IS A MUSEUM, have transformed their life into a work of art.
Marek Chlanda
Transit
16 February – 29 April 2012
Curator: Katarzyna Wąs
A presentation of over a hundred works (paintings, items, sculptures) which tell the story of time passing and lasting, of the past and the present at the same time.
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Me as Roberta
16 February – 29 April 2012
Curator: Delfina Piekarska
An exhibition of the Roberta Breitmore photographic series (1974–1978) documenting the private performance of the American artist.
Comics: Urban Myths
16 February – 29 April 2012
Curator: Monika Koziol
An exhibition of works by young Polish artists, presenting various techniques of creating comic strips, focused around the topic of urban myths.
MOCAK-edu
Children’s Museum
How is a Collection Made?
20 November 2011
A workshop which asked participants to step into the shoes of art collectors and critics.
In the Labyrinth of Imagination, There Lives
27 November 2011
During the workshop, children completed several creative tasks in the Museum Collection space.
Where are You, Santa Claus?
6 December 2011
A creative workshop with the motto ‘Who could the contemporary Santa Claus be? Maybe an artist’.
Super Scarves
17 December 2011
A workshop inspired by Monika Drozynska’s project Art by the Metre.
Children’s University
January 2012
A series of twelve workshops entitled Between Image and Word organised in co-operation with the Children’s University.
Winter holidays in MOCAK
The House and Garden of My Dreams
10–15 February 2012
A post-competition exhibition of children’s works, organised as part of 2011 Architectural Education Day.
The Materials of Contemporary Artists
16 February 2012
A workshop presenting modern techniques and materials used by artists.
Happy-Go-Lucky Hats
19 February 2012
A workshop during which children could redo their winter hats in a creative way.
Model Patterns
21 February 2012
During this workshop, the Museum turned into a contemporary design studio.
Portraits Painted with Feeling
21 February 2012
A contemporary portrait workshop.
Crazy Gloves
23 February 2012
A workshop inspired by urban myths.
Projects for students
The Opposite Pole of Society
16 January 2012
A workshop with Stanislaw Ruksza, the curator of the exhibition Viennese Actionism. The Opposite Pole of Society.
Inter-nationally!
1 April 2012
An English-language educational project for students, organised in co-operation with the Jagiellonian University’s Erasmus Student Network.
Social projects
Among Us
11 March 2012
A workshop for people with disabilities who attend the Special Educational and Didactic Unit of St Francis of Assisi in Keblo.
Spring in the City!
11 March 2012
A workshop devoted to the space of the city, organised in co-operation with the Wiosna Association.
Educational & art projects
Return of the Book
31 March 2012
This workshop, co-organised together with the Sól project, accompanied the opening of the MOCAK Library and showed its participants how art books are created.
Urban Myths!
30 April 2012
A workshop with Mariusz Tarkawian, who asked participants to transform and develop his work presented at the Comics. Urban myths exhibition.
Active visits
Slow Art Day
28 April 2012
The Polish edition of the international campaign that encourages people to take their time when experiencing art.
MOCAK Club
Performance Haiku
22 November 2011
A performance by Aleksander Janicki and HiQ Haiku during the Audio Art Festival.
Awkward Objects
A meeting devoted to Alina Szapocznikow
8 November 2011
The meeting was devoted to the book entitled Alina Szapocznikow: Awkward Objects (Agata Jakubowska ed.), which accompanies the artist’s exhibition Sculpture Undone 1955-1972 presented in the WIELS Centre for Contemporary Art in September 2011.
Civil Forum for Contemporary Art
13 December 2011
An open meeting of the Civil Forum for Contemporary Art with the participation of the artist Katarzyna Gorny and the critic Karol Sienkiewicz.
Do female artists need a Women’s Museum?
15 December 2011
A discussion panel organised within MOCAK’s Women’s Museum project with the participation of the artists: Marta Deskur, Iwona Demko, Cecylia Malik and Jadwiga Sawicka.
Presentation of the second issue of ‘MOCAK Forum’ – society, you fool
A meeting with the editors and authors of the issue, including, among others, Agnieszka Piksa, Stanislaw Ruksza, Igor Stokfiszewski, Piotr Wysocki and Dominik Jalowinski.
Relational Aesthetics
19 January 2012
A meeting in the Pod Globusem Bookshop devoted to MOCAK’s new publication, Nicolas Bourriaud’s Relational Aesthetics, with the participation of the Polish translator, Lukasz Bialkowski, and Jan Sowa.
Contemporary Silesian Architecture
Identity after 1989
On Silesian identity, modernism and neomodernism
29 February 2012
A meeting co-organised with the ‘Autoportret’ magazine (MIK publishing house) devoted to contemporary Silesian architecture, with the participation of Przemo Lukasik (medusa group), Anna Syska (Silesian Centre for Cultural Heritage) and Dorota Lesniak–Rychlak.
!Women Art Revolution
13 March 2012
A meeting with Lynn Hershman Leeson, an American artist, and a tour of the Me as Roberta exhibition and viewing of the !Women Art Revolution film.
[reklama]
MOCAK-edu
Join us for creative workshops in MOCAK
More information at www.mocak.pl/edukacja
EXHIBITIONS
MOCAK Collection
from 20 May 2011
Co-ordinator: Monika Kozioł
An exhibition of several dozen works of Polish and international artists, selected from the MOCAK Collection.
Mieczysław Porębski’s Library
Designed by: Jerzy Porębski
One of MOCAK’s permanent exhibitions and a true library at the same time. Apart from almost four thousand volumes from the Professor’s book collection, the space is decorated with pictures painted by the artists from the Krakow Group.
Viennese Actionism
The Opposite Pole of Society
Works from the Essl Collection (Austria)
9 November 2011 – 29 January 2012
Curator: Stanislaw Ruksza
Co-ordinator: Delfina Piekarska
The first exhibition of Viennese actionists in Poland of such a scale, presenting works by Günter Brus, Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch, Rudolf Schwarzkogler.
Ane Lan
All the World’s Women are in Me
9 November 2011 – 29 January 2012
Curator: Maria Anna Potocka
Assistant curator: Delfina Piekarska
A feminist exhibition of the Norwegian artist, illustrating our helplessness when faced with stereotypes about women.
Małgorzata Markiewicz
EU Textiles
9 November 2011 – 29 January2012
Curator: Monika Koziol
An exhibition presenting the textiles and outfits designed for the citizens of various countries of the European Union.
Journey to the East
2 December 2011 – 29 January 2012
Curator: Monika Szewczyk
Co-ordinator: Monika Kozioł
An exhibitions of works by artists from the former Eastern bloc, organised within the framework of the National Cultural Programme of the Polish Presidency 2011.
EVA & ADELE
Artist = work of art
16 February – 29 April 2012
Curators: Delfina Piekarska, Maria Anna Potocka
An exhibition of the artistic couple which, following the principle that WHEREVER WE ARE IS A MUSEUM, have transformed their life into a work of art.
Marek Chlanda
Transit
16 February – 29 April 2012
Curator: Katarzyna Wąs
A presentation of over a hundred works (paintings, items, sculptures) which tell the story of time passing and lasting, of the past and the present at the same time.
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Me as Roberta
16 February – 29 April 2012
Curator: Delfina Piekarska
An exhibition of the Roberta Breitmore photographic series (1974–1978) documenting the private performance of the American artist.
Comics: Urban Myths
16 February – 29 April 2012
Curator: Monika Koziol
An exhibition of works by young Polish artists, presenting various techniques of creating comic strips, focused around the topic of urban myths.
MOCAK-edu
Children’s Museum
How is a Collection Made?
20 November 2011
A workshop which asked participants to step into the shoes of art collectors and critics.
In the Labyrinth of Imagination, There Lives
27 November 2011
During the workshop, children completed several creative tasks in the Museum Collection space.
Where are You, Santa Claus?
6 December 2011
A creative workshop with the motto ‘Who could the contemporary Santa Claus be? Maybe an artist’.
Super Scarves
17 December 2011
A workshop inspired by Monika Drozynska’s project Art by the Metre.
Children’s University
January 2012
A series of twelve workshops entitled Between Image and Word organised in co-operation with the Children’s University.
Winter holidays in MOCAK
The House and Garden of My Dreams
10–15 February 2012
A post-competition exhibition of children’s works, organised as part of 2011 Architectural Education Day.
The Materials of Contemporary Artists
16 February 2012
A workshop presenting modern techniques and materials used by artists.
Happy-Go-Lucky Hats
19 February 2012
A workshop during which children could redo their winter hats in a creative way.
Model Patterns
21 February 2012
During this workshop, the Museum turned into a contemporary design studio.
Portraits Painted with Feeling
21 February 2012
A contemporary portrait workshop.
Crazy Gloves
23 February 2012
A workshop inspired by urban myths.
Projects for students
The Opposite Pole of Society
16 January 2012
A workshop with Stanislaw Ruksza, the curator of the exhibition Viennese Actionism. The Opposite Pole of Society.
Inter-nationally!
1 April 2012
An English-language educational project for students, organised in co-operation with the Jagiellonian University’s Erasmus Student Network.
Social projects
Among Us
11 March 2012
A workshop for people with disabilities who attend the Special Educational and Didactic Unit of St Francis of Assisi in Keblo.
Spring in the City!
11 March 2012
A workshop devoted to the space of the city, organised in co-operation with the Wiosna Association.
Educational & art projects
Return of the Book
31 March 2012
This workshop, co-organised together with the Sól project, accompanied the opening of the MOCAK Library and showed its participants how art books are created.
Urban Myths!
30 April 2012
A workshop with Mariusz Tarkawian, who asked participants to transform and develop his work presented at the Comics. Urban myths exhibition.
Active visits
Slow Art Day
28 April 2012
The Polish edition of the international campaign that encourages people to take their time when experiencing art.
MOCAK Club
Performance Haiku
22 November 2011
A performance by Aleksander Janicki and HiQ Haiku during the Audio Art Festival.
Awkward Objects
A meeting devoted to Alina Szapocznikow
8 November 2011
The meeting was devoted to the book entitled Alina Szapocznikow: Awkward Objects (Agata Jakubowska ed.), which accompanies the artist’s exhibition Sculpture Undone 1955-1972 presented in the WIELS Centre for Contemporary Art in September 2011.
Civil Forum for Contemporary Art
13 December 2011
An open meeting of the Civil Forum for Contemporary Art with the participation of the artist Katarzyna Gorny and the critic Karol Sienkiewicz.
Do female artists need a Women’s Museum?
15 December 2011
A discussion panel organised within MOCAK’s Women’s Museum project with the participation of the artists: Marta Deskur, Iwona Demko, Cecylia Malik and Jadwiga Sawicka.
Presentation of the second issue of ‘MOCAK Forum’ – society, you fool
A meeting with the editors and authors of the issue, including, among others, Agnieszka Piksa, Stanislaw Ruksza, Igor Stokfiszewski, Piotr Wysocki and Dominik Jalowinski.
Relational Aesthetics
19 January 2012
A meeting in the Pod Globusem Bookshop devoted to MOCAK’s new publication, Nicolas Bourriaud’s Relational Aesthetics, with the participation of the Polish translator, Lukasz Bialkowski, and Jan Sowa.
Contemporary Silesian Architecture
Identity after 1989
On Silesian identity, modernism and neomodernism
29 February 2012
A meeting co-organised with the ‘Autoportret’ magazine (MIK publishing house) devoted to contemporary Silesian architecture, with the participation of Przemo Lukasik (medusa group), Anna Syska (Silesian Centre for Cultural Heritage) and Dorota Lesniak–Rychlak.
!Women Art Revolution
13 March 2012
A meeting with Lynn Hershman Leeson, an American artist, and a tour of the Me as Roberta exhibition and viewing of the !Women Art Revolution film.
[reklama]
MOCAK-edu
Join us for creative workshops in MOCAK
More information at www.mocak.pl/edukacja