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Modern Art Oxford to host Exhibitions by Acclaimed Polish Artists

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Written by James E. Young   
Monday, 30 November 2009 01:35

Pawel Althamer - "Common Task", Brasilia, 2009 - Courtesy: The artist and Open Art Projects.

OXFORD, UK - Pawel Althamer is considered as one of the most innovative artists of his generation. Merging the traditions of sculpture with radical interventions, he orchestrates situations and events involving communities of people in real time and public places. His highly engaging and often devastatingly simple works translate alternative or parallel realities to the ones we experience in everyday life. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with essays by James E. Young, Professor of English and Judaic Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Suzanne Cotter, curator of the exhibition. On view 12 December through 7 March, 2010.

"Common Task" takes the form of a science-fiction film in real time. Accompanied by members of his local community in Bródno the artist has embarked on an ongoing journey that has taken them from Warsaw to Brazil, Belgium and Africa. The journey continues to Modern Art Oxford where Althamer is transforming the Gallery’s ground floor into a space station and zone for teleportation in which memories of the group’s travels can be shared. The public also will be invited to take part in the journey in Oxford as part of the Common Task.

This is Pawel Althamer’s first solo exhibition in the UK.

Over the past ten years the acclaimed sculptor Miroslaw Balka has been making concise and moving video works. Topography introduces this compelling and little known work and offers fresh insight into the work of one of the most important artists working today.

Over the past ten years the acclaimed sculptor Miroslaw Balka has been making concise and moving video works.

Miroslaw Balka uses video as a repository of visual and thematic material, extending a sculptural language that is rich in associations with history and his native Poland. The body and its limitations, memory, and the space between looking and knowing are recurring themes.

Coinciding with the artist’s commission for The Unilever Series in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, "Topography" is presented as a multi-dimensional installation of image, sound and spatial wanderings.

Modern Art Oxford is the largest gallery devoted to modern and contemporary art in the South East. Founded in 1965, the gallery has a national and international reputation for the quality of its exhibitions and accompanying community and education programme. From landmark solo presentations to pioneering group exhibitions, Modern Art Oxford keeps you up to date with the most exciting developments in international art. You can also relax in our popular Café, purchase unique gifts in the shop, and participate in our vibrant events, programme which includes talks, discussions, contemporary music and film nights.

Visit Modern Art Oxford at : www.modernartoxford.org.uk/

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