Cream pie (2006) by Maurycy GomulickiUjazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
Collection Co-selection is a project devoted to the study of how art is perceived by viewers. This time the audience will enter the role of co-curators and create an exhibition from the collections of the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art.
Collection co-selection [exibition view] (2021-02) by Bartosz GórkaUjazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
Participants chose works from the U–jazdowski collection, answered questions related to how they experience art, the ways in which it can be interpreted, motivations of audiences visiting Gallery.
Collection Co-selection
Collection Co-selection is a project combining educational activities and audience development strategies. It fits in with the tradition of anthropological and sociological analyses devoted to issues of social functioning of art and the shaping of aesthetic preferences.
What motivates our choices and influences our decisions? Why do some gallery-goers look for reflection on reality and others look for an escape from the outside world?
Cream pie (2006) by Maurycy GomulickiUjazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
Cream pie
The artist shows how the feminine and attractive – in the sense of sensual beauty and pleasure – is being transformed into an object of male consumption associated with sophisticated indulgence.
He consciously created an ambiguous image whose meaning depends on the outlook of the viewer.
Genesis (2013) by Jakub Julian ZiółkowskiUjazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
Genesis, Jakub Julian Ziółkowski
Julian Ziółkowski's painting expresses the artist’s personal imaginary.
It refers to the biblical theme of creation and original sin, but presents a vision that is significantly different from its traditional representations.
Russia 917–1951 (1979) by Krzysztof JungUjazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
Russia 917–1951 by Krzysztof Jung presents the history of territorial development of Russian state.
To recreate and visualize this history, the artist used school maps on which he marked the expansion of the Russian state on European territories throughout the millennium.
The borders of Russia marked on the first map in 917 actually refer to Kievan Rus, which was later absorbed by the Principality of Moscow.
Photon: a Child with Down’s Syndrome (20th Century) by Norman LetoUjazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art collection includes two sequences from Norman Leto's film Photon: Photon: a Child with Down’s Syndrome (2014) and Beyond humanity (2014). Photon is a narrative essay about the universe and the origins and evolution of life. The artist narrates the film from the perspective of the exact sciences, rather than humanities, and uses knowledge from the fields of neurology, biochemistry, particle physics, and astronomy.
It seems to be a record of banal events from a private social life. Picture resembles a rebus, because it can be found that allows you to read a hidden reflection or comment that make up the ironic.
Paweł Susid's Untitled (colours already used by artists) painting employs a schematic summary of iconic works from the history of art and colours attributed to famous artists
Stefan Gierowski, CDLV (1980) by Stefan GierowskiUjazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
Stefan Gierowski, CDLV
CDLV is a painting which Gierowski juxtaposes horizontal stripes of alternating warm and cold hues with an illusion of textural vertical grooves.
The artist explores the ways in which individual colours interact.
He practiced in it, setting himself varoius specific goals - the attitude of an avantgarde experimenter, in effect achieving fresh and visually effects.
Brzask (2013) by Olaf BrzeskiUjazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
“This is a 10-second sketch that I made while staring at the sun until a small round that seemed to be in constant motion emerged from the brightness.
Then I repeated this tiny drawing in a 20:1, scale, devoting much more time to it, copying each line in a steel rod.”
The gain is not worth a candle (Skórka za wyprawkę) (20th Century) by Oskar DawickiUjazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
In Skórka za wyprawkę, Dawicki critiques the art market. He does it in his own way, with humour and irony. The film follows the teleshopping convention. The subject of the sale is a 2003 painting by Rafał Bujnowski, Skórka. Dawicki, in an outfit typical of his previous performances, a navy blue brocade jacket, persuades the audience to buy the painting using typical marketing techniques. The film uses elements characteristic of advertisements.
