Timeline
Adam Zagajewski: Slight Exagerration
Presentation of a new collection of Adam Zagajewski’s essays, in which the erudite poet, a citizen of the world, reveals before us a totally private world of memories and recaptures the Lvov past of his family. He movingly portrays his father and his own childhood and youth.
Mieczysław Porębski’s Library event
The event was devoted to the collection of books and paintings from the Krakow part of Mieczysław Porębski’s Library, which the Professor donated to MOCAK.
Jarosław Kozłowski: Quotation Marks
Discussion about the book, in which ten authors – art historians and critics, researchers of contemporary art and curators working with the artist – describe the artistic practice of Jarosław Kozłowski.
Tamed Frames. Polish photograph collections.
On 21 May in MOCAK’s audiovisual hall a discussion panel took place, organised as part of the Photomonth in Krakow: 4 pm – Tamed Frames. Polish photograph collections – a discussion panel with Konrad Pustoła, Rafał Lewandowski, Piotr Lelek, Maria Rubersz, Łukasz Gorczyca and Marcel Andin Velez.
IS(not) – Sputnik Photos presents its latest project
On 21 May in MOCAK’s audiovisual hall a discussion panel took place, organised as part of the Photomonth in Krakow: 6 pm – IS(not) – Sputnik Photos presents its latest project – with Rafał Milach, Anna Nałęcka, Adam Pańczuk, Jan Brykczyński, Andrzej Kramarz and Marzena Michałek.
Bibliophilia
Looking at Gomulicki's work retrospectively, one notices the evolution of forms revolving around the categories of pleasure and ecstasy, already evident in the series of photographs shown in the 90s, ia, in the ZPAF-CSW Little Gallery; photographs which revealed a fascination with dolls and bodily parts, particularly parts of the female body, which the artist would render abstract by extreme close-up – an attempt to penetrate and decipher the carnal code of desire and fantasy.
Award of the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation
The Council of the Swiss foundation Vordemberge-Gildewart has invited Maria Anna Potocka to participate in the organisation of the next year's edition of the stipend competition. The international jury will vote the winner from the artists selected by the curator. The works of the artists who had been chosen for the competition will be presented in MOCAK.
History in Art
History in Art is an international exhibition aiming to research in which ways history builds identity in the dimensions of the society and the individual. One of the main aims of the presentation is to examine the image of history in circulation; exposing the mendacities and inaccuracies present in the documentation of historical events.
The Mieczysław Porębski Library (MOCAK Collection)
MOCAK’s Library is located in a side building. In one of the halls, Mieczysław Porębski’s Library is be exhibited. Porębski, Poland’s most prominent art historian, many years ago expressed his wish to donate his book collection to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow. When the Museum came into being, he returned to that idea and handed over to the institution the Krakow part of his collection.
