From the Liberty Square to Independence Square
11 September – 10 October 2010
Several dozen exhibition areas along
Piotrkowska Street
Lodz, POLAND
The main exhibition Fokus Lodz Biennale 2010 entitled From the Liberty Square to Independence Square will be taking place in the public space in several dozen exhibition areas along the whole span of Piotrkowska Street. All the exhibition areas are accessible to the public starting from September 11, 11am.
Artists participating:
Rosa Barba, Simona Barbera, Ivan Bazak, Gudjon Bjarnason, Cezary Bodzianowski, Laura Bruce, Marta Chilindron, Tacita Dean, Cao Fei, Dani Gal, Erika Harrsch, Fabrice Hyber, Ran Hwang, Zuzanna Janin, SoYoun Jeong, Kennedy Browne, Thomas Kilpper, Miru Kim, Grzegorz Klaman, Daniel Knorr, Kitty Kraus, Piotr Kurka, Kamil Kuskowski, Wojciech Leder, Via Lewandowsky, Kalin Lindena, Jong Il Ma, Ati Maier, Daniel Malone, Angelika Markul, Anna Molska, Robert C. Morgan, Marina Naprushkina, Sarah Ortmeyer, Gabor Osz, Alexandre Perigot, Dan Perjovschi, Joyce Pensato, Dodi Reifenberg, Ragna Robertsdottir, Tomas Ruller, Karin Sander, Ward Shelley, Tavares Strachan, Nahum Tevet, Luc Tuymans, TWOZYWO, Tomas Vanek, Marek Wasilewski, Clemens von Wedemeyer & Arthur Zalewski, Zorka Wollny & Anna Szwajgier, O Zhang, Piotr Zylinski
Fokus Lodz Biennale:
Fokus Lodz Biennale is an international and interdisciplinary event dedicated to contemporary art. It is based on the ideas of the legendary “Construction in Process”- a series of exhibitions initiated by the artist Ryszard Wasko and organized by the international community of artists in the 80s and the 90s all over the world. The Biennale will take place in the public space, along the Piotrkowska Street, which will be changed into an open studio. A direct participation of the artist on site is vital. The works will be created during the so-called “workshop days”. Citizens of Lodz, visitors, art-lovers and tourists, students and art critics will not only be able to observe artists during their work, but also to participate in the creative process.
International Selection Committee:
Miroslaw Balka
Gabriele Horn
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Angelika Stepken
Jaroslaw Suchan
Richard Vine
Gregory Volk
Ryszard Wasko
Curatorial Team:
Artistic Director: Ryszard Wasko
Executive Director: Adam Klimczak
Project Manager: Ewelina Chmielewska
Executive Curator: Lucja Wasko-Mandes
Organizer:
Museum of the City of Lodz
Financed by:
The City of Lodz
Fokus Lodz Biennale 2010
Concurrent Exhibitions:
03.09.2010 – 03.10.2010
“Wojciech Bruszewski. Phenomena of perception. www.voytek.pl”
curator: Janusz Zagrodzki; location: Miejska Galeria Sztuki; organizers: Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Fokus Lodz Biennale
03.09.2010 – 03.10.2010
“Ivan Polliart & Pei Lin Cheng”
curator: Kamil Kuskowski; location/organizer: Zona Sztuki Aktualnej
06.09.2010-06.08.2011
“MPK” – collective project
idea: Marcin Polak; cooperation: Lukasz Ogorek; organizer: Fokus Lodz Biennale
09.09.2010 – 10.10.2010
“Inner Fokus”
organized in cooperation with Mediations Biennale; curators: Haro Schmidt, Anna Tyczynska; location: Galeria Nowa Przestrzen Centrum Sztuki Patio; organizers: Fokus Lodz Biennale, Centrum Sztuki Patio, Centrum Kultury ZAMEK, Stowarzyszenie Kontekst Sztuki
07.09.2010 – 30.09.2010
“Conceptual Art. Photographic medium”
curator: Marika Kuzmicz; location: Museum of the City of Lodz; organizer: Fokus Lodz Biennale
09.09.2010 – 10.10.2010
“Adam Klimczak. Double vision”
location/organizer: Galeria Wschodnia
09.09.2010 – 17.10.2010
“Ryszard Wasko. Portrait of a family in time”
curator: Alicja Cichowicz; location/organizer: Muzeum Kinematografii in Lodz
10.09.2010 – 20.09.2010
“Liberty Square”
curators: Paulina Dzwonkowska, Alicja Reksc; location: Plac Wolnosci (Liberty Square); organizers: Krytyka Polityczna, Fokus Lodz Biennale; artists: Alicja Antoszczyk, Agnieszka Chojnacka, Pawel Hajncel, Artur Malewski, Dominika Naziebly & Pawel Bijak, Anna Orlikowska, Marta Pszonak, Grupa Video●
11.09.2010 – 10.10.2010
“Archeology of Piotrkowska Street”
location: Piotrkowska Street; organizer: Fokus Lodz Biennale; artists: Agnieszka Chojnacka, Ola Gieraga, Adam Klimczak & Maciej Cholewinski, Konrad Kuzyszyn, Slawomir Marzec, Trevor Morgan, Marcin Polak, Dagmar Uhde, Jolanta Wagner
11.09.2010 – 26.09.2010
“HUB OR SchAB”
curator: Mariusz Soltysik; location: Arsenal City Gallery in Poznan; organizers: Centrum Kultury ZAMEK, Stowarzyszenie Kontekst Sztuki, Fokus Lodz Biennale
08.10.2010 – 29.10.2010
“Fading Traces. Women in Art of the seventies”
artist: Anka Lesniak, location/organizer: Galeria Manhattan
Contact:
Fokus Lodz Biennale Office
Al. Kosciuszki 56 / 9
90-428 Lodz
Poland
tel: 0048 42 6363602
VENUE INFORMATION:
FOKUS LODZ BIENNALE 2010
Lodz, Poland
11.09.2010 – 10.10.2010
Several dozen exhibition areas along Piotrkowska Street
All areas are accessible to the public from September 11th, 11 a.m.
OFFICIAL OPENING: Museum of the City of Lodz, 15 Ogrodowa Street, Lodz, September the 11th, 2010, 8 p.m.
Biennale-Venue-Maps available at www.biennalelodz.pl
