Anna Karasińska
Open Room (in Polish)

Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
free entry, noon–8 p.m., performance

In 2018, Anna Karasińska took advantage of the moment exhibitions were being changed out and invited viewers to a performative guided tour of the empty rooms. In each room, she offered visitors a different kind of perception — the material to be ‘viewed’ was the presence of the viewers themselves, observed from different perspectives. The artist drew the viewer’s attention to themselves, their physical presence, relationship to the group, but also to the mechanism of attention and perception of time.

‘Karasińska is a vigilant and sensitive observer, and her works encourage the viewer to adopt a specific attitude: to see the obvious, as if for the first time’.

 (Marcelina Obarska, Piotr Policht, Oswajanie Zachęty, Culture.pl, 2018)

This year’s Open Room is an expansion of selected elements of the work from the previous year. The artist and performers invoice the audience to one of the rooms of the Zachęta Gallery, which will be open for this purpose.

concept, text, production: Anna Karasińska
performance: Karolina Harris, Natalia Oniśk, Michał Salwiński

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  • 27.07 – 22.11.2019
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  • 29.04 (Tue) 17:00
    How to move the image?
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta / workshop room (entrance through the main hall)Zachęta / workshop room (entrance through the main hall)
  • 01.05 (Thu) 12:15
    Thursday guided tours of current exhibitions
    in Polish
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 03.05 (Sat) 14:15
    Saturday ArtWalk
    Guided tour in English
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 04.05 (Sun) 12:15
    Sunday guided tour
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 06.05 (Tue) 18:00
    Screening of the film ‘Freedom is a gift from God’ and meeting with Cezary Ciszewski
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)Zachęta | entrance from ul. Burschego (down the stairs)
  • 07.05 (Wed) 18:00
    Screening of the film ‘After Work’
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta | Cinema Room (entrance through the exhibition)Zachęta | Cinema Room (entrance through the exhibition)
  • 08.05 (Thu) 12:15
    Thursday guided tours of current exhibitions
    in Polish
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 09.05 (Fri) 18:00
    To Enter a Museum, No Exam Is Necessary
    Open lecture by Clémentine Deliss in English
    Zachęta | cinema room (entrance from Burschego street)cinema room
  • 10.05 (Sat) 13:00
    Accessible Art
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 10.05 (Sat) 14:15
    Saturday ArtWalk
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • 10.05 (Sat) 16:00
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  • 11.05 (Sun) 12:15
    Sunday guided tour
    (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta