Timeline
Kichka: Life Is a Cartoon at the Warsaw Jewish Film Festival
The Warsaw premiere of the documentary Kichka: Life Is a Cartoon will take place during this year’s 16th Jewish Film Festival. The projection will take place on 17 November at 6.15 pm at Polin Museum, as part of the competition for documentary feature films.
Handy Art 2: Workshop with Krzysztof M. Bednarski
On Saturday 17 November at 3 pm, we invite you to a workshop with Krzysztof M. Bednarski inspired by the work Design for Wisława Szymborska Award (for a Fundation Named after the Poet) from the MOCAK Collection.
Production The Infinite Trakl as part of the Austria Days 2018
On Wednesday, 14 November at 7 pm, MOCAK and the Austrian Consulate General in Krakow invite you to a performance directed by Paweł Zapendowski, The Infinite Trakl about the poet Georg Trakl.
Art Café. Open Discussion on Art
On Tuesday 13 November, from 5 pm until 7 pm, MOCAK, Collaborate Kraków oraz Sokrates Cafe Kraków would like to invite you to the new edition of Art Café.
Polish Cut-Outs. Meet Alicja Biała
On Sunday 11 November at 4 pm, MOCAK the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow invites you to meet Alicja Biała.
Having Fun with a Book from Portugal. Workshop for children / As oficinas para crianças
On Saturday 27th October at 11 am, children aged 4 to 8 and their accompanying adults are welcome to join the workshop inspired by the book Don’t Cross the Line! Isabel Minhós Martins, illustrated by Bernard P. Carvalho.
Pop-Art After the Holocaust
Boris Lurie (1924–2008) was an American artist, who was born into a Jewish family in Leningrad (today Saint Petersburg). Lurie’s creative output encompassed many fields: he was a visual artist – creating paintings, installation and objects – as well as a writer and poet. His was art that was politically engaged and called for social action, art that was spontaneous, anarchic and therapeutic.
Karl Marx vs Moby Dick: An Analysis of Form and Demolition of Ideas
Moby Dick and Karl Marx dominate the creative output of Krzysztof M. Bednarski. The first is represented as a simple, smooth object that inspires thoughtful reflection. The other as a dishevelled head, which provokes discussion. Moby Dick symbolises a mirror that reveals the depravity of human nature. Marx symbolises the regard for human fate, a regard that has inspired political crimes. KMB employs both these objects in terms of both form and ideas.
![Muntean/Rosenblum, untitled [The forest flies apart...], 2018, oil / canvas, 270 × 430 cm, courtesy of Muntean/Rosenblum, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam](https://d1uip03pwa14dd.cloudfront.net/system/images/24838/7f53c7745b_box120.jpeg)
Walking Wounded
Markus Muntean and Adi Rosenblum have been an artistic duo since 1992. They are known primarily as authors of monumental compositions – group scenes accompanied by quotations from literature. The protagonists of their paintings are young people whose figures have been repainted from photographic materials from the artists’ archives, magazines and the internet.
The Language of Flowers
For Akira Inumaru, nature is an inspiration and material. The artist uses flowers and dyes obtained from plants, and subjects them to the impact of the sun.
