Exhibition of sculpture and photography / Opening: 4.10.2024 at 19:00 / Conference with artists: 5.10.2024 12:00 pm / Finissage with catalog launch: 25.10.2024 at 19:00 / Art Gallery Rozruch ul. Jackowskiego 5-7, Poznań
Curatorial concept:
It is often said in the public debate that the artistic medium is a kind of language, because, after all, an artist, in order to be called an artist, should express something through his field. Meanwhile, visual arts operate much more with connotations than the language we use every day. Moreover, they do not have a code that would allow two-way communication, even though, as Vilem Flusser wrote, "images are surfaces of meaning."
Meanwhile, language is not only a reflection of our customs, culture and behavior but is also a factor that actively influences these customs, culture and behavior. This feedback loop is also evident in the arts, as the understanding of phenomena, also shaped by language itself, is the basis of all creative activity. Just like Eskimo tribes having more terms for snow than European people, cultural, geographic and historical differences shape languages, and they shape different understandings of the world, even in their closest neighbors. After all, echoing Marshall McLuhanan, the medium itself is already the message.
Exhibition Non-transmission is an invitation to experiment. Drawing on the thoughts of Roland Barthes, Marshall McLuhan, Vilem Flusser and Stefan Wojnecki, is it possible to create a work that conveys nothing, is not a message, and its meaning depends only on the interpretation of the viewer? And what will be the different interpretations of this idea by artists of different provenance?
Participating artists:
Anna Ilska-Gruchot
Jacek Jagielski
Wieslaw Koronowski
Roman Kosmala
Danuta Mączak
Patricia Pi Pa Piwosz
Tomasz Jedrzejwski
Grazyna Szymala Volynska
Barbara Pilch
David Zelinka
Kapitolina Kolobcova
Safiia Brahina
Stepan Rudik
Taras Oreshnikov
Tetiana Khoroshun
Vadym Jovich
Barbara Mueller
Sladjan Nedeljkovic
Mariel Poppe
Roland Schefferski
Jowita Mormul
Catherine Kalua Krynska
Catherine Lata
Catherine Navarra
Jakub Dziewit
Zdzislaw Mackiewicz
Zdzislaw Orlowski
Andrew Zygmuntowicz
Krzysztof Slachciak
Curators: Tomasz Jędrzejewski, Krzysztof Ślachciak