The Somewhere In Between exhibition, in which Polish plastic artist Piotr BOSACKI is involved amongst others (as part of the Orient project), is an exhibition which reflects on the identity of eastern Europe and an attempt to bring together the accounts, experiences, relationships and encounters of a series of artists, curators and other committed individuals. Michal NOVOTNY, who is curating the exhibition, feels that what unites this imprecise region is the contradiction which lies at the very heart of the combination of pride and patriotism, mixed with a certain amount of shame, derived from the political experiences of the XXth century and the desire to catch up with western standards. He views it as the therapeutical reconstitution of surprises, victories, traumatic experiences and humiliations which the inhabitants of this part of Europe went through. The artistic practices presented reveal much about today’s artistic scenes, where artists are free to roam, far from the geographical restrictions or institutional constraints which once defined the continent.
At the Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels the Somewhere in Between exhibition encapsulate the Orient travelling exhibition that will be presented in three European cities:

• in Riga, in the Kim? Contemporary Art Center, from 20 April until 20 May 2018;
• in Brussels, at the Centre for Fine Arts BOZAR, from 20 June until 19 August 2018 (it is part of the ‘Somewhere in Between’ exhibition);
• in Krakow, in the contemporary art gallery Bunkier Sztuki, from 21 September until 16 December 2018.

The Polish Institute in Brussels will invite Piotr BOSACKI to participate in the setting up and private viewing of the ORIENT exhibition at Bozar.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION
>>> Centre for Fine Arts BOZAR (Rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels) – see map
>>> 20 June > 19 August 2018 – 10h > 18h (Wed. > Sun.), on Thursdays until 21h
>>> 10€ | 8€ | 2€

+++ On the website of Bozar in Brussels

Piotr BOSACKI
A graduate of the Poznan Academy of Fine Arts, Bosacki is the co-founder of the artistic group PENERSTWO. His artistic practice can be situated at the confluence of the visual arts, muscial composition and literature. In 2012, he published “Urządzenie elementów” (The Economy of Elements), a theoretical work which examines the work of art as linguistic construction. In 2014, he began a cycle of animated films entitled “Die Kunst der Animation” (The Art of Animation). He teaches in the experimental Cinema Workshop at Poznan University of the Arts.
His notable individual exhbitions include “Sztaby i Żegary” (Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, 2009), “Within the limits conditioned by the situation” (Dům umění města Brna, Brno, 2014), “Sprawa jest w załatwianiu” (Zamek Ujazdowski Contemporary Art Centre, Warsaw, 2015), “Dzięki uprzejmości artysty” (Łaźnia Contemporary Art Centre, Gdansk, 2016) and “Perły na sznur” (Galeria Stereo, Warsaw, 2016).

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Darja BAJAGIĆ, Wojciech BĄKOWSKI, Matei BEJENARU, Piotr BOSACKI, Pavel BRĂILA, Veronika BROMOVÁ, Jan BROŽ, Jiří ČERNICKÝ, Romana DRDOVÁ, Habima FUCHS, Matyáš CHOCHOLA, Anežka HOŠKOVÁ, Atis JĀKOBSONS, Zsófia KERESZTES, Aurora KIRALY, Adrian KISS, Adam KOKESCH, Jiří KOVANDA, Piotr ŁAKOMY, Václav LITVAN, Pavla MALINOVÁ, David MALJKOVIC, Jimena MENDOZA, Gizela MICKIEWICZ, Marge MONKO, Vlad NANCĂ, Ioana NEMEŞ, Alice NIKITINOVA, Richard NIKL, Pakui HARDWARE, JASANSKÝ & POLÁK, Julius REICHEL, Dragana SAPANJOŠ, Jiří SKÁLA, Adéla SOUČKOVÁ, Petr ŠTEMBERA, Авдей ТЕР-ОГАНЬЯН, Mark THER, Viktor TIMOFEEV, Jerzy TRUSZKOWSKI, Anetta Mona CHIŞA & Lucia TKÁČOVÁ, Emöke VARGOVÁ, Martin VONGREJ et Jana ŽELIBSKÁ

COORGANISATION
BOZAR and the Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krakow, as part of the European project “Trauma and Revival“. The exhibition is co-funded by the European Union programme ‘Creative Europe, the Latvian Ministry of Culture, the Latvian State Capital Foundation, the Council of the City of Riga, the Latvian Centenary Programme, the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Flemish government and the Federation Wallonia-Brussels.

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