15 November 2011

The MOCAK collection

Mocak - The Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow
Krakow, Poland
an overview of the museum's collection of contemporary art

Wilhelm Sasnal: Untitled
Wilhelm Sasnal: Untitled
A first aid box is copied down to every tiny detail.
Matthias Jackisch: No Mad Pot Stops to be Nomad
Matthias Jackisch: No Mad Pot Stops to be Nomad
A slow kinetic sculpture, an automatic painting machine. Paint are let to seep through several layers of canvases from a pot. The result is presented on the wall.
Josef Dabernig: Wars
Josef Dabernig: Wars
A scene from the restaurant wagon of an old Communist-time Polish train. No customers, only the staff, constantly cleaning the interior.
Zbigniew Warpechowski: Clock
Zbigniew Warpechowski: Clock
An archaeological find of an ancient clock. It must still be working even if it stands still, since it emanates a ticking sound.
Piotr Lutynski: Due to Usucaption 
Piotr Lutynski: Due to Usucaption
A nest with eggs inside a perfectly ordinary stool. Sitting on it you become a duck sitting on the nest.
Janek Simon: Clock
Janek Simon: Clock
A clock challenging our perception of time.
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Death is presented in beautiful clothes.
Kristof Kintera: All My Bad Thoughts
Kristof Kintera: All My Bad Thoughts
Is it really a bloody corpse lying there?
Robert Kusmirowski: Untitled
Robert Kusmirowski: Untitled
A surgery room / a basement store room. Creepy Frankenstein vibes.
Krzysztof Wodiczko: Imaz Tijuana
Krzysztof Wodiczko: Imaz Tijuana
Stories of abuse are projected onto large public buildings, placing the sad stories under public light.
Mikolaj Smoczynski: Temporary (con) Temporary
Mikolaj Smoczynski: Temporary (con) Temporary
The floor is covered with a thick adhesive, left to dry. The result seems like dry desert ground.
Rafal Bujnowski: Today We Recommend
Rafal Bujnowski: Today We Recommend
A comment to consume society
Rafal Bujnowski: Painting of Whistler's Mother
Rafal Bujnowski: Painting of Whistler's Mother
A funny idea: reproducing the painting from the background wall of the famous painting Whistler's Mother
Rafal Bujnowski: The Pope
Rafal Bujnowski: The Pope
How to paint the pope - how to create an iconic picture easily
Charlotte Beaudry: Untitled
Charlotte Beaudry: Untitled
Just paintings of clothes, but everybody knows what is inside.
Tomasz Bajer: Minimalism of Guantanamo 
Tomasz Bajer: Minimalism of Guantanamo
A real copy of a prison room from Guantanamo