In my shoes 2 to 15 August 2010
Andrzej Zart (Poznan, 1969) is essentially a conceptual artist. Influenced by the theories of Nicolas Bourriaud, according to which the art in the entirety of its implementation involves the participation of the public, based its research on the relationship between art and life, focusing on the relational dynamics between artist and audience. The show's title, In my shoes, is an Anglo-Saxon phrase translated as the Italian "put yourself in my shoes."
Andrzej calls an intervention directed to the viewer, wearing his shoes physically in the role of the artist to enter into an exchange of roles from spectator to creator. For this exhibition, Italian, given the linguistic meaning of the translation, also offers his clothes. As a kind of theatrical representation of the artist's shoes and clothes become costumes scene, abandoning the idea of \u200b\u200bproduction at the expense of the artistic object. Remains the only evidence of the happening photographs and video.
Passing a reading of cutting sociological / political play as Andrzej equivalent to also adopt the nationality, that is: Polish. Andrzej is considered a lucky man. Arts education received in Poland and the United Kingdom (St. Martin's College, London) has allowed him to become an accomplished artist and respected by society. But in today's Europe, where the resurgence of nationalism is a fact of life, the life of the immigrant is often hard, made up of poorly paid and insecure jobs, sometimes to the limits of slavery. This brings us back to the clichés used to describe ethnic groups. The Pole is identified as a window cleaner, carer or alcoholic addicted to illegal immigrant crime. But it is a bit more than a century when the Italians were leaving to seek their fortune abroad, and pizza / mafia / mandolin (or, at best, mangiaspaghetti) was the stereotype that was fastened her to our countrymen. Andrzej Zart, with his work on the exchange of identity, reminds us that it's just a matter of point of view, just change the perspective, the artist's eye is also used to this.
