The Cynics Republic: Plac Defilad
The Cynics Republic 鈥� Plac Defilad provides an alternative vision of the history of performance art. The exhibition aims to offer a different historical framework for performative practices. Its starting point is the hypothesis that performance art鈥攐r at least the performative stance鈥攈as existed since antiquity and was especially influenced by one school of thought, namely Cynicism.
The ancient philosophy of Cynicism, with its most famous proponent Diogenes (c. 413鈥�323 BC) and Hipparchia of Maroneia (c. 350 鈥� after 280 BC), maintained that people should live in harmony with nature, reject social categories in favour of imitating animals, shun material possessions and strive for self-sufficiency (autarky). The philosophy was transmitted not so much through concepts as through gestures. It involved public attitudes, relating to others, words in action. This exhibition seeks to bring such philosophical ideas into dialogue with the notion of performance. All the works on show can be productively considered through the instructions left to us by the Cynics.
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The Cynics Republic 鈥� Plac Defilad provides an alternative vision of the history of performance art. The exhibition aims to offer a different historical framework for performative practices. Its starting point is the hypothesis that performance art鈥攐r at least the performative stance鈥攈as existed since antiquity and was especially influenced by one school of thought, namely Cynicism.
The ancient philosophy of Cynicism, with its most famous proponent Diogenes (c. 413鈥�323 BC) and Hipparchia of Maroneia (c. 350 鈥� after 280 BC), maintained that people should live in harmony with nature, reject social categories in favour of imitating animals, shun material possessions and strive for self-sufficiency (autarky). The philosophy was transmitted not so much through concepts as through gestures. It involved public attitudes, relating to others, words in action. This exhibition seeks to bring such philosophical ideas into dialogue with the notion of performance. All the works on show can be productively considered through the instructions left to us by the Cynics.
Artists on show
- Daniel Grú艌
- Adam Rzepecki
- Adrian Paci
- Agnieszka Brze偶a艅ska
- Aina 艩mid
- Akademia Ruchu
- Anna Dau膷íková
- Anna Jermolaewa
- Anna Okrasko
- Anna Zaradny
- Anton Skaaning Thomsen
- Artur Zmijewski
- Attila Csernik
- Cally Spooner
- Cezary Bodzianowski
- Clemens von Wedemeyer
- Constantin Flondor
- Dalibor Martinis
- Dóra Maurer
- Efthimios Moschopoulos
- Ei Arakawa-Nash
- Elisabeth Flunger
- Ernst Caramelle
- Ewa Partum
- Franciszek Orlowski
- Friederike Pezold
- Friedl vom Gröller
- Gela Patashuri
- Georgia Sagri
- Geta Br膬tescu
- Grzegorz Zgraja
- Hans Scheirl
- Hans Scheugl
- Ion Grigorescu
- Iwona Lemke-Konart
- Jacques de Koning
- Jelena Vesi膰
- Je拧a Denegri
- Joanna Malinowska
- Jolanta Marcolla
- Josef Dabernig
- Józef Robakowski
- Július Koller
- Justyna Górowska
- Karol Radziszewski
- Katalin Ladik
- Konrad Smolenski
- Krzysztof Maniak
- Lois Weinberger
- Maciej Toporowicz
- Manuel Gorkiewicz
- Manuel Pelmus
- Mara Mattuschka
- Marcus Geiger
- Marek Rogulski
- Marina Grzinic
- Mateusz Sadowski
- Michaela Kisling
- Michal Budny
- Milan Adam膷iak
- Milena Korolczuk
- Mladen Stilinovi膰
- Nenad Milo拧evi膰
- Norbert Lacko
- OHO
- Pamelia Stickney
- Paul Neagu
- Philipp Quehenberger
- Piotr Majdrowicz
- Piotr Wyrzykowski
- R.E.P. Group
- Robert Jarosz
- Roman Khimey
- Roman Ondak
- Roman Sta艅czak
- Romuald Kutera
- Sanja Ivekovic
- Sergei Tcherepnin
- Slaven Tolj
- Stano Filko
- Stuart Brisley
- Teresa Murak
- Tibor Hajas
- Tomasz Armada
- Tomasz Machci艅ski
- Tomasz Sikorski
- Tomislav Gotovac
- Victor Burgin
- Vlado Martek
- Waldemar Tatarczuk
- Yarema Malashchuk
- Yuri Leiderman
- Zbigniew Olkiewicz
- Zdzis艂aw Sosnowski
- Zelimir Zilnik
- Zofia Kulik
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The Cynics Republic鈥擯lac Defilad is an exhibition featuring dematerialized artworks (performances, protocols, films, sound pieces) from the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and Kontakt Collection in Vienna.
The exhibition The Cynics Republic took place during three weeks at the Palais de Tokyo in November 2024.
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