I SEE EVERYTHING AS ART. CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION
27.01 – 24.03.2019, 12 Rozwadowska St.
I SEE EVERYTHING AS ART.
EXHIBITION FOR CHILDREN
curator: Ewa Solarz
visual identification: Robert Czajka
arrangement: Kosmos Project, i.e. Ewa Bochen-Jelska and Maciek Jelski
co-organizer: Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
museum coordinator: Elżbieta Skromak
artists: Alfons Karpinski, Ryszard Winiarski, Maurycy Gomulicki, Julita Wójcik, Monika Drożyńska, Jan Dziaczkowski, Katarzyna Przezwańska
Can contemporary art delight a young child? Can art and art be played with? Although contemporary art may seem intimidating and too difficult to show to the youngest, we are sure that these very recipients will accept it without inhibition – after all, “every child is an artist. The only problem is to remain an artist once you grow up,” as Pablo Picasso claimed.
To meet the needs of young viewers, who most fully learn about the world not only through observation, but also through creation, we have divided the exhibition into two zones: museum and freestyle-creative. In addition to the works of art, we have created a place of activity for children – an artistic playground with tasks, referring to the presented works.
Most of them were not created with a child viewer in mind. Works of art from the canon of Polish contemporary art were chosen to work on the imagination and appeal to experiences familiar to every child. Their form and the stories of their creation should interest not only children, but also adult visitors. We hope that this form of their presentation will familiarize children with contemporary art and allow them to remember the most important phenomena in Polish art.
The title of the exhibition – I see everything as art- are the words of Julita Wójcik. We are trying to show precisely this universality of art and its diversity. Children will see that they can do all sorts of things: peel potatoes in the gallery like Julita Wójcik, embroider doodles like Monika Drożyńska, throw dice like Ryszard Winiarski. We treat the youngest viewers seriously – we do not explain, suggest or impose how the works of art should be understood, instead we encourage them to think and express their own opinions. The descriptions of the works tell about the artist’s ideas, without explaining what he meant and how his works should be interpreted. Through play, workshops and meetings with artists, we want to introduce children and their caregivers to the world of contemporary art.
