The 10Th Sacrum Art. Triennial: The Sanctity Of Nature?
The exhibition features selected works from the jubilee edition of the Sacrum Art Triennial in Cz臋stochowa. These include paintings, photographs, sculptures, and video installations. The leitmotif of the Triennial is the question of the sanctity of nature, or perhaps our 鈥榯o be or not to be鈥. This is one of the most important topics we currently have to reflect on. Let us approach the Triennial as a message, an appeal, a wish expressed through art鈥 let us consider it as a call to come to our senses.
The artists invited to the 10th Triennial employ a variety of artistic languages, different words and grammar styles, with more or less complicated metaphors and figurative expressions, but in essence they all say the same thing: that we will be in a dire situation if we do not recognize the sanctity of nature today, as well as its superior role in the life of our planet and of each individual human being. If we persist with the question mark, that is, question and challenge this approach, it will mean that we do not see the danger, that we treat the danger in terms of possible events, but not certainties. In fact, the meaning of religion or the understanding of the concept of sanctity is not important, because it is not at all certain that we have a chance of survival, regardless of whether we consider nature to be sacred or not, even when we believe or do not believe in God, in the Trinity 鈥 or any other, or all of them at the same time. With God or without Him, we can (and, unfortunately, consistently do) exhaust nature, annihilate it, while condemning ourselves to non-existence. We must realize that without nature 鈥 whether sacred or not 鈥 we will not exist.
The Sacrum Art Triennial is one of the most important art events in Poland with a 30-year tradition, inviting artists who in their work address important, if not fundamental, questions about the human condition and its relation to the Absolute. The initiator and first curator, the eminent critic Wojciech Skrodzki, wrote the following about the intentions of the Triennial: 鈥淚t is about creating a certain 鈥榮piritual space鈥 through the selection of works that combine contemporary creative consciousness with the expression of the experience of the Sacred.鈥
This year, besides Polish artists, artists from Lithuania and Germany were invited to participate in the Triennial.
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The exhibition features selected works from the jubilee edition of the Sacrum Art Triennial in Cz臋stochowa. These include paintings, photographs, sculptures, and video installations. The leitmotif of the Triennial is the question of the sanctity of nature, or perhaps our 鈥榯o be or not to be鈥. This is one of the most important topics we currently have to reflect on. Let us approach the Triennial as a message, an appeal, a wish expressed through art鈥 let us consider it as a call to come to our senses.
The artists invited to the 10th Triennial employ a variety of artistic languages, different words and grammar styles, with more or less complicated metaphors and figurative expressions, but in essence they all say the same thing: that we will be in a dire situation if we do not recognize the sanctity of nature today, as well as its superior role in the life of our planet and of each individual human being. If we persist with the question mark, that is, question and challenge this approach, it will mean that we do not see the danger, that we treat the danger in terms of possible events, but not certainties. In fact, the meaning of religion or the understanding of the concept of sanctity is not important, because it is not at all certain that we have a chance of survival, regardless of whether we consider nature to be sacred or not, even when we believe or do not believe in God, in the Trinity 鈥 or any other, or all of them at the same time. With God or without Him, we can (and, unfortunately, consistently do) exhaust nature, annihilate it, while condemning ourselves to non-existence. We must realize that without nature 鈥 whether sacred or not 鈥 we will not exist.
The Sacrum Art Triennial is one of the most important art events in Poland with a 30-year tradition, inviting artists who in their work address important, if not fundamental, questions about the human condition and its relation to the Absolute. The initiator and first curator, the eminent critic Wojciech Skrodzki, wrote the following about the intentions of the Triennial: 鈥淚t is about creating a certain 鈥榮piritual space鈥 through the selection of works that combine contemporary creative consciousness with the expression of the experience of the Sacred.鈥
This year, besides Polish artists, artists from Lithuania and Germany were invited to participate in the Triennial.
Artists on show
- Agnieszka Polska
- Aleksandra Ma艅czak
- Alvydas Lukys
- Andrzej P臋czalski
- Angelika Markul
- Bozenna Biskupska
- Egl臈 Ulcickait臈
- Henrikas 膶erapas
- Jan Spa艂wan
- Janusz Buczkowski
- Jaroslaw Kozakiewicz
- Jerzy Kamoda
- Jerzy Mierzejewski
- Jerzy Pi膮tek
- Jonas Gasi奴nas
- Leon Tarasewicz
- Leszek Misiak
- Maciej Sza艅kowski
- Marcin Berdyszak
- Mariusz Stanowski
- Marlena Promna
- Natalia Rybka
- Neringa Naujokaite
- Patricija Gilyte
- Pawel Pierscinski
- Piotr Kaleta
- Rafal Borcz
- Renata Jaworska
- Romuald Kutera
- Ryszard Grzyb
- Sylwester Ambroziak
- Tadeusz Jakubik
- Tomasz Doma艅ski
- Wac艂aw Cisowski
- W艂odzimierz Kulej
- Zdzis艂aw Nitka
- Zygmunt Rytka
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