No, No, I Hardly Ever Miss a Show
10.12.2011 – 12.02.2012 No, No, I Hardly Ever Miss a Show
Zachęta National Gallery of Art
curators: Anna Tomczak, Stanisław Welbel
No, No, I Hardly Ever Miss a Show is a project about the public, for public, that is also co-created by the public. Zachęta’s exhibition halls became a space for an exchange of ideas and thoughts, both in a ‘traditional’ way (art pieces, lectures, discussions), as well as in an interactive manner (workshops, art interventions). The exhibition reveals the mechanisms through which the gallery operates, and demonstrates the processes involved in the preparation and running of an exhibition.
No, No, I Hardly Ever Miss a Show is a quote taken from a report concerning Zachęta and its public, produced this year by students of sociology, under the supervision of Mikołaj Lewicki, on the basis of a larger study regarding art galleries and their audience. This phrase, taken out of context, can be used to describe what seems to be an ideal viewer: one who is dedicated to the gallery to such an extent that he/she attends almost every exhibition. However, under the surface this viewer is nothing but a mere spectator, who makes no selection of what they see and does not engage in a more in-depth way in any of the art shows (this would be difficult given the number of exhibitions attended). This viewer comes to exhibitions purely for the sake of coming, always being a passive visitor and never an active participant.
No, No, I Hardly Ever Miss a Show
10.12.2011 – 12.02.2012
Zachęta National Gallery of Art
pl. Małachowskiego 3, 00-916 Warsaw
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sponsors of the gallery: PERI, Lidex, Netia
technological partner of the exhibition Samsung
sponsor of the exhibition Krogal
sponsors of the opening ceremony: DeLonghi, Kenwood, Blikle, Freixenet, Kinga Pienińska, Browar Konstancin
media patronage: Gazeta Wyborcza, TOK FM, The Warsaw Voice, Stolica, Art&Business, Artinfo.pl