Atlas of modernity
Subtitle: the 20th and 21st century art collection
By: edited by Anna Saciuk-Gąsowska, Jarosław Suchan and Łukasz Zaremba ; translation Maya Latynski, Magdalena Szcześniak
Contributors: Saciuk, Anna, editor; Suchan, Jarosław, editor; Zaremba, Łukasz, 1983- editor; Latynski, Maya, translator; Szcześniak, Magda, 1985- translator
Publisher: Muzeum Sztuki
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Łódź
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9788363820565
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Exhibitions; Polish Art; Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi
Work titles: Atlas nowoczesności
Description: Atlas of Modernity' is an exhibition that allows to see the collection of Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz, Poland, in a different way, but, more importantly, it is also a story of modernity and its meaning from a contemporary perspective constructed with the works included in the exhibition. The exhibition does not report the history of modernity put in chronological order, neither does it present the history of modern art. It focuses on the most important phenomena that are commonly connected with that which is modern, such as: emancipation, autonomy, industrialisation, capital, urbanisation, experiment, mechanization and revolution. By creating a 'collage' of artworks from different periods, representing different aesthetics and artistic attitudes around these notions the exhibition poses questions about how the character of the phenomena changed, how the way they were perceived altered and, most importantly, to what extent they shape contemporary reality. Exhibition: Muzeum Sztuki Lódz, Poland (since 24.01.2014).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition at the Muzeum Sztuki Łódź, opening 24 January 2017.

Translation of: Atlas nowoczesności : kolekcja sztuki XX i XXI wieku.
Table of contents: title: Museum / text, Maria Popczyk; title: Autonomy / text, Agnieszka Rejniak-Majewska; title: Capital / text, Wiktor Marzec; title: Machine / text, Tomasz Swoboda; title: City / text, Agata Zysiak; title: Progress/ text, Andrzej Szczerski; title: Experiment / text, Piotr Słodkowski; title: Propaganda / text, Tomasz Majewski; title: Norms and standards / text, Iwona Kurz; title: Tradition / text, Karol Jóźwiak; title: Catastrophe / text, Katarzyna Bojarska; title: The self / text, Paweł Mościcki; title: Emancipation / text, Ewa Majewska; title: Revolution / text, Agata Pietrasik.