Timeline
Guided tours in Polish and English at the end of the exhibition Actions in Nature
On Sunday 18 June we would like to invite you to take a guided tour at the end of Krzysztof Maniak's exhibition Actions in Nature
TechnoNight at MOCAK
On the Night of Museums, from 9.30 pm to 11 pm, we invite you to MOCAK audiovisual room for a techno music set and a panoramic animation created live on the basis of the works of the Krakow Group.
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.
