Exhibitions, Germany, Berlin, 12 November 2011
The exhibition Meta-White taking place at Freies Museum Berlin from 12th November – 8th December 2011, presents works of 17 artists focused on different points of view connected to the idea of “white”, crossing disciplines from photography to painting and performance. The exhibition is organized by “In Situ” Modern Art Foundation from Warsaw as part of the cultural program of the Polish presidency in the European Union.
Concentrates on work which are playing with an idea and notion of “white” as a carte blanche, and are a selection of works which address existential subjects, such as passing of time, finiteness or infiniteness. The exhibition looks at how white was taken as an abstract, and how was it imagine and revisited during the last decades in polish contemporary art. The exhibition is accompanied by documentary parts with video-interviews with the artists. In these recordings they talk about the importance of white in their creative process – from idea to final product.
The artists brought together are representative of different generations: from Roman Opałka, Zbigniew Warpechowski and Zygmunt Rytka active since the 60’s and later Bożena Biskupska and Roland Schefferski, until the most recent pieces by young artists such as Róża Litwa and Sławomir Pawszak, the works shown span across 50 years of Polish art.
One of the pieces shown here is part of a life-time project by Roman Opałka ,begun almost in the last six decades of the past century. “Opalka 1965 /1 - ∞” exposes the passing of time and the inevitable end inscribed on one’s life. Additionally the work by Zygmunt Rytka is also based on the contradiction between reality per se and the world of art. On the other side, the works of Bożena Biskupska and Sławomir Pawszak use white in a different way, having a more traditional approach towards painting. Using this as a starting point, Biskupska coats the surface of the canvas with linen oil on top of an original drawing, leaving it to the chemical reactions taking place on the surface to direct the final look of the image. Róża Litwa’s delicate paintings, made on both sides of the paper, come to existence through the white nature of the surface that allows both images to be visible from one side, creating a translucent effect.
During the opening of the show there will be a performance that deals with the marking of the white space, by Łukasz Głowacki, Noah Warsaw, Koji Kamoji and Miho Iwata .
Sponsorship:
The show is organized by the “In Situ” Modern Art Foundation
it is a part of the culture programme of the polish presidency in the European Union.
It is cofinanced by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Voyvodship of Mazovia and supported by the Foundation for German-Polish Co-operation
Concentrates on work which are playing with an idea and notion of “white” as a carte blanche, and are a selection of works which address existential subjects, such as passing of time, finiteness or infiniteness. The exhibition looks at how white was taken as an abstract, and how was it imagine and revisited during the last decades in polish contemporary art. The exhibition is accompanied by documentary parts with video-interviews with the artists. In these recordings they talk about the importance of white in their creative process – from idea to final product.
The artists brought together are representative of different generations: from Roman Opałka, Zbigniew Warpechowski and Zygmunt Rytka active since the 60’s and later Bożena Biskupska and Roland Schefferski, until the most recent pieces by young artists such as Róża Litwa and Sławomir Pawszak, the works shown span across 50 years of Polish art.
One of the pieces shown here is part of a life-time project by Roman Opałka ,begun almost in the last six decades of the past century. “Opalka 1965 /1 - ∞” exposes the passing of time and the inevitable end inscribed on one’s life. Additionally the work by Zygmunt Rytka is also based on the contradiction between reality per se and the world of art. On the other side, the works of Bożena Biskupska and Sławomir Pawszak use white in a different way, having a more traditional approach towards painting. Using this as a starting point, Biskupska coats the surface of the canvas with linen oil on top of an original drawing, leaving it to the chemical reactions taking place on the surface to direct the final look of the image. Róża Litwa’s delicate paintings, made on both sides of the paper, come to existence through the white nature of the surface that allows both images to be visible from one side, creating a translucent effect.
During the opening of the show there will be a performance that deals with the marking of the white space, by Łukasz Głowacki, Noah Warsaw, Koji Kamoji and Miho Iwata .
Sponsorship:
The show is organized by the “In Situ” Modern Art Foundation
it is a part of the culture programme of the polish presidency in the European Union.
It is cofinanced by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Voyvodship of Mazovia and supported by the Foundation for German-Polish Co-operation
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