Timeline
Night of Museums 2023 at MOCAK
On Friday 19 May we invite you to MOCAK for the Night of the Museums! The museum will open from 6pm until 1am. Visitors will be able to see all the exhibitions and take part in events organised for this occasion.
The Second Krakow Group / Jakub Julian Ziółkowski – exhibition open guided tour in English | KRAKERS Cracow Art Week
On Saturday, 13 May at 4 pm you are invited to the open guided tour of the exhibitions. It will be conducted in English.
Lukáš Houdek. Hijra – Between Genders - exhibition open guided tour
On Saturday 1 April 2023, 12 noon – 1.30 pm join us for a guided tour of the exhibition led by the Czech artist Lukáš Houdek, whose photographs feature in the display.
OPENING
On Thursday 30 March at 6 pm we invite you to the opening of the exhibitions!
Artists from Krakow: The Second Krakow Group
In 1957, the second Krakow Group was formed, an association of independent artists, each with a different way of thinking but all equally committed to art. They were individualists, but what united them was their interest in contemporary art. The basic prerequisite for being invited to join the Group was a creative ‘neurosis’ – a feeling of intoxication with the drug that was making art. In this approach, the second Krakow Group was a few years ahead of Fluxus. It became the Polish avant-garde of postmodernism. Despite its name, artists from cities other than Krakow could also become members.
You Are Mine
Jakub Julian Ziółkowski (1980) is one of the most important contemporary Polish artists. The exhibition at MOCAK is the first comprehensive presentation of his work – with 100 works on display, including large-format paintings, elaborate installations, precise drawings and monotypes, small sculptures and ceramic objects. The monumental painting A Dream about Life and the totemic sculpture The Spirit of Our People, exhibited outside, were created especially for the exhibition.
Return to Ceramics
Return to Ceramics is an exhibition of works by contemporary artists who use the medium of ceramics in their practice. At the core of the exhibition are works from the MOCAK Collection, by: Feiko Beckers, Burçak Bingöl, Nschotschi Haslinger, Agata Kus, Justyna Smoleń and Jakub Julian Ziółkowski. In addition, the exhibition will feature pieces by Wojciech Ireneusz Sobczyk, Aleksandra Liput, Natalia Kopytko and Tomek Kulka.
Hijra – Between Genders
The exhibition by Lukáš Houdek, an artist in the MOCAK Collection, explores the subject of the Hijra community in India. ‘Hijra’ is a term used in South Asian countries that refers primarily to people recognised at birth as male, but who reject this identification. Some have undergone sex reassignment surgery to female, while others remain at the stage of hormone therapy or have not made any permanent changes to their bodies.
Actions in Nature
The exhibition Actions in Nature is part of a series of presentations by artists whose works can be found in the MOCAK Collection. We will be showing a selection from the dozens of drawings we hold from 2016–2020, as well as new photographs and videos.
Thursdays with Artists from the MOCAK Collection. Marcin Berdyszak
In February and March 2023, we show an interview with Marcin Berdyszak. The artist talks about the beginnings of his artistic work and his time as a student of art and his work as a teacher, and he discusses the main motives behind his work and his dialogue with the works of other artists.
