Artur Żmijewski: "Democracies" and other works
Infos
Duration
27.9.2009-17.1.2010
Opening
26.9.2009, 12 am
Artur Żmijewski: “Democracies” and other works
curated by Christine Frisinghelli & Maren Lübbke-Tidow
Intro
In his artistic practice involving social experimentation with societal fringe groups, Artur Żmijewski has been, over the past ten years, working towards a dissolution of the judgemental concepts with which we construe societal norms and deviation therefrom. One might maintain that a strong fundamental understanding of democracy has already been comprising the basis for this artistic approach, with the establishment of the sovereignty and the integrity of the individual playing a decisive role. The quality of Żmijewski’s artistic work stems from the way it approximates us to the deviant and aberrant while discountenancing a claim to approval, directly appealing to us emotionally and calling for (self-)reflection and also the assertion of a political stance.