ART AT FIRST SIGHT
15.01 – 18.03.2016
artists:
Ewa Axelrad, Wojciech Bąkowski, Tymek Borowski, Olaf Brzeski, Nicolas Grospierre, Izabella Gustowska, Ada Karczmarczyk, Łukasz Jastrubczak, Jerzy Kosałka, Jarosław Kozłowski, Zofia Kulik, Przemysław Matecki, Gizela Mickiewicz, Dorota Nieznalska, Joanna Rajkowska, Józef Robakowski, Jadwiga Sawicka, Kurt Schwitters, Paweł Susid, Jakub Woynarowski
In his thought experiment Erwin Schrödinger has proven, that any living organism can simultaneously be alive and dead. If a cat is put into a box containing poison, while there is 50 per cent chance, that the poison has been released, the said cat remains alive and dead in the same time. Only an examination of contents can determine, whether the cat still lives, or it died.
Similarly, it is impossible in our times to determine any adequate goals of art, just as no theoretical explanation of an artwork is deemed final any more. No objective truth in the field of art critique does apply, everything can be both art and non-art. Who can now tell us whether a cat is dead or alive? How can it be checked?
Ewa Axelrad, Wojciech Bąkowski, Tymek Borowski, Olaf Brzeski, Nicolas Grospierre, Izabella Gustowska, Ada Karczmarczyk, Łukasz Jastrubczak, Jerzy Kosałka, Jarosław Kozłowski, Zofia Kulik, Przemysław Matecki, Gizela Mickiewicz, Dorota Nieznalska, Joanna Rajkowska, Józef Robakowski, Jadwiga Sawicka, Kurt Schwitters, Paweł Susid, Jakub Woynarowski
In his thought experiment Erwin Schrödinger has proven, that any living organism can simultaneously be alive and dead. If a cat is put into a box containing poison, while there is 50 per cent chance, that the poison has been released, the said cat remains alive and dead in the same time. Only an examination of contents can determine, whether the cat still lives, or it died.
Similarly, it is impossible in our times to determine any adequate goals of art, just as no theoretical explanation of an artwork is deemed final any more. No objective truth in the field of art critique does apply, everything can be both art and non-art. Who can now tell us whether a cat is dead or alive? How can it be checked?