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14/3/2013

Ukrainian News / Witold Modrzejewski

Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle - CCA Warsaw, Warsaw

UKRAINIAN NEWS
March 15 - May 26, 2013

The exhibition Ukrainian News at the Centre for Contemporary Art Zamek Ujazdowski in Warsaw brings together for the first time a variety of engaged artistic practices from contemporary Ukraine. Focusing on the work of activist groups as well as individual artists, the exhibition shows conventions that transcend the accustomed artistic approaches. The Post-Soviet condition of Ukrainian society is represented through the work of various sorts—from street artists to intellectual communities involved in current social struggles.

In recent years, the contemporary art scene of Eastern Europe has seen an outburst of artistic engagement into social and political agendas of the Post-Communist Societies marked with the advance of neocapitalism. In particular, the context of Ukraine had experienced a proliferation of politically engaged artistic practices and approaches. This process was triggered, on the one hand, by the multitude of movements and groups that emerged in the aftermath of the Orange Revolution of 2004, and on the other hand by the advent of private capital into the local art scene, coupled with the drastic privatization of the public space. In this situation, various cultural and artistic initiatives had taken up a role of civic agents or merely activist groups, forming political demands and carrying out the functions of "civil society," largely absent in the post-Soviet context. Numerous artists and groups undertook attempts to engage with the harsh social conditions and transform them by means available through their practice. Artistic methods became the important actors in the fight for urban space, as well as in the struggles for minority rights and in counteracting the discriminative policies of the state. The field of art has become the laboratory for the strictly social phenomena like grassroots movements, self-organized communities and anti-hierarchical organizations.

The exhibition, curated by Marek Goździewski, presents works from artists such as Yevgenia Belorusets, Anatolii Byelov, Ihor Diurych, Grupa Predmetiv, Ksenia Hnylycka, Hnylyckyi Ołeksandr, Oleh Holosyi, Hudrada, Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Alevtyna Kakhidze, Lesia Khomenko, Oleksandr Kurmaz, Volodymyr Kuznestov, Vasyl Lozynskyi, Maksym Mamsikow, Viktor Marushchenko, Boris Mikhailov, Roman Minin, Lada Nakonechna, Ihor Podolchak, Taras Polataiko, R.E.P., Mykola Ridnyi, Andriy Sahaydakovskyi, Arsen Savadov, SOSka Group, Visual Culture Research Centre, Volodymyr Vorotnov, and Anna Zvyagintseva.

The exhibition is accompanied by a program of lectures curated by Oleksander Soloviov, and a series of films.

Ukrainian News is organized by the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle. It is supported by the Beaurau of Culture of the City of Warsaw, with contributions from the Polish Institute Kyiv; Mystetskyi Arsenal in Kyiv, National Art Museum of Ukraine and Ya Gallery Art Centre.

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Bank Pekao PROJECT ROOM
Witold Modrzejewski
March 18 - April 7, 2013

Curator: Marcin Krasny
Coordinator: Ita Krajewska

Pekao Bank PROJECT ROOM brings the possibility of the presentation to the public the newest and the most interesting individual art projects and creates a platform for discussion about contemporary art to which we would like to invite artists, curators, students and other art lovers. The Centre for Contemporary Art at Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw (CCA) and Poland's Pekao Bank have come together to launch a new project aimed at supporting and promoting young artists. For the next two years starting 23 April the CCA hosts a new show ever two weeks featuring up-and-coming Polish and international artists. The presentation of striking works by this young creative generation in the PROJECT ROOM has been made possible by the financial support of Pekao Bank.
Pekao Bank's PROJECT ROOM aims to forge a platform for a discussion on contemporary art, inviting artists, curators, students and art enthusiasts to join in. Entry is free for all exhibitions and events within the Pekao Bank PROJECT ROOM framework. At the end of this year a special commission will select the most interesting projects of 2012, which will then be purchased by Pekao Bank and donated to the CCA's permanent collection.

Next presentations in the frame of Bank Pekao PROJECT ROOM – every two weeks on Mondays. Free admission.

Opening of the exhibition March 18 at 6 p.m.
6.30 p.m. – DJ set

Image: Witold Modrzejewski "Father's Dream", 2011

CCA Press Office
Zofia Chojnacka T +48 22 625 05 22 / biuroprasowe@csw.art.pl

Opening of the exhibition Ukrainian News on March 15 at 6 p.m.

Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle
ul. Jazdów 2, 00-467 Warsaw, Poland
open every day except Monday
Tuesday-Sunday from 12 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Friday from 12 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday free admission
Tickets:
regular 12 zł
discounted 6 zł
family 20 zł

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