Grupa Kuratorki

Luxury Kury

Program: Vernissage Pavilion B Friday (19.03) 09:00 p.m.

curators/artists: Malwina Mielniczuk, Marysia Bitka, Elżbieta Gądek, Agnieszka Urbanek, Barbara Sztybel

The Curators is a group of 5 curators/artists, students from Opole, consisting of: Malwina Mielniczuk, Marysia Bitka, Elżbieta Gądek, Agnieszka Urbanek and Barbara Sztybel, who watch over (curator) themselves. We are a 2 in 1, like a shampoo with a conditioner, sometimes like a balsam, sometimes like a peeling, but definitely like a face cream which removes only particular wrinkles. We are occupied with organising (our) exhibitions,
making happenings, stage photographs, environment, collective paintings and audience stimulating games. In the case of this project, as glamour is a part of each kura's life [kura is the shortening of kurator (eng. curator)], we came to a conclusion that glamour will give vent to the luxury which will manifest itself in the four following fields: in the fashion world, in the world of luxury entre cour et jardin residences, in the media and in the art world. Those four worlds are the starting points of our exhibition. Due to the elimination of all the gloomy and brutal aspects of Life by the curators, the Luxury Kury exhibition can be also admired by sensitive viewers and sublime aesthetes. Nothing disturbs the feeling of balance and elegance, so rare in today's world. The pieces of art, carefully selected, are leading us through the meanders of aesthetic problems deriving from the ancient times. They fulfill the need of elegant beauty characteristic to the eminent belle esprit, who can praise beauty properly. Pristine world of affluence and luxury, where there is no place for roughness or jarring horribleness. Things washed out of luxury have no right to exist next to the sophisticated pieces of art gathered in a gallery. This criterion is also applicable to the persons invited to the exhibition. To the people with golden cards that guarantee entrance. People coming from the French bourgeois or other aristocracy. Hallmarking with their manners, never making any faux pas. Their presence is a guarantee of best quality. They are one hundred percent glamour, their precious gemstones twinkle, their dresses and tail-coats shimmer, their white American smiles shine like those from the whitening tooth-paste commercials. Sparkles in plenty of eyes will accompany the auction of the prestigious paintings from the Luxkury collection. The works of the outstanding authors, priced for millions of Euros, will fall under the hammer. The exhibits bided will ensure you with the sense of luxury in Your home. Without any risk, with full discretion and anonymity. The impatient click of polished, brand name shoes (on the fleshly waxed floor), waiting in line for the garments from the newest collection of Luxkury super company. This brand, however fairly new, conquered the fashion world and the extraordinary haute couture outfits won a lot of prizes. Except
for the possibility of purchasing the brand clothes of Luxkury, one may also see professional shoots from the catwalks and the session for Glakur magazine, in which the most prominent models pose in the Luxkury creations. A real treat for eyes, the photos are churning with gold and gemstones. A satisfied, feasted eye sight can rest for a while. It's time for the touch. The comfort and luxury present at the exhibition are contagious to everyone and to some extend satisfy the dreams about a life resembling a five-stars hotel. Still, there is one condition: one shall not explore the content of the works exhibited, treat everything superficially and with an innate sense of inanity. One shall rather decide on conformity and mind's indolence. As while careful examination, analyzing the content and form in concentration, it may turn out that the glimmer is apparent. A brand dress will turn out to be a bogus, and a shining smile a mask. Suddenly, the silver curtain will fall down, all will seem to be tawdry and corny. Stilted and unreal. From beneath the goldblocking the rough truth about life will pierce.