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Malik Cecylia A Polish artist, performer, curator of contemporary art, she calls herself ‘a painter.’ A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (Professor Leszek Misiak’s studio) and the curator studies at the Jagiellonian University. In 2002 she received the Mayor of the City of Krakow scholarship for Young Creators. The co-creator of Farma sztuki (art farm) and the Mały Klub Bunkra Sztuki in Krakow (Small Club of the Bunkier Sztuki gallery). She has taken part in numerous group and individual exhibitions in Nuremberg, Stockholm, Krakow, Warsaw, Częstochowa, Legnica. From the 25th of September 2009 for a year she climbed one tree every day. The 365 trees project is an art action, a performance in public space which ended in publication of an album commemorating every single one out of 365 trees climbed by Malik. In 2010, together with Justyna Koeke, she carried out the Ulica Smoleńsk 22/8 project. She herself says that authenticity and uncompromising nature are the two most important things in art. She talks about art using a simple language, because she wants to be understood and heard by simple people who have not been prepared to reception of art. |
Search for treasureCecylia Malik run special classes in public spaces during the ArtBoom Festival, for a group of around 20 children aged 5-12. The Search for treasure workshop had a form of an outdoor game referring to plays from the artist’s childhood. It was an amazing opportunity to see the slightly forgotten, although situated near the city centre, areas of the Krakow Salwator. The Salwator hill, on account of an unclear legal situation, has become squalid and has been forgotten.  Children saw it, first of all, as an adventure, during which they rebuilt a ruined city, met a fairy, squared up to pirates and for all inhabitants of Krakow it was an opportunity to recall beautiful and inspiring places in their city. Such transformation of the surrounding reality was possible thanks to the power of our imagination. First, we make it through play and then – through art. Searching for treasure made the children realise that a different point of view, a little bit of creativity and faith was all it took to change the world around us – to become an artist.   Coordination: Agnieszka Chudzicka Pictures: Weronika Szmuc |
18/06/2011
16:00 Search for treasure
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