Art group Kassaboys consists of Košice artists Radovan Čerevka, Tomáš Makara and Peter Vrábeľ. The group was established in 2006 in Košice and made several group shows: “We work with terms like local patriotism and centralism, democracy and nationalism or the legendary archetype of the artist from an art periphery“.
Krokus Gallery cordially invites you to the exhibition with the title Kunstuniformen, curated by Lenka Kukurová. The Kassaboys art group created a series of uniforms and military ranks intended to artists, which indicate their position within the art scene. The ranks depend on the number of exhibitions and the prestige of the gallery where the artists exhibited. These ranks provide visible categorisation of artists according to their importance. The uniforms are mostly suitable for exhibition openings but can also be worn as everyday attire. The uniforms were designed as a means of helping the viewers orient themselves in the complicated hierarchy of figures appearing in the world of art. Dividing the artists into equal and more equal is also beneficial to the art scene. “We will avoid the tiring discussions about who, where and with whom was exhibiting, “say the Kassaboys.
On one hand, the art uniforms are a parody of ranking art according to a hierarchical scale, whereas on the other hand, they suggest that art is equally important as the army or the police. Contemporary visual art in Slovakia is perceived as unimportant; a fact also reflected by state politics and a lack of interest among the general public. The old saying tells goes: “Clothes make the man“. Yet, besides their creativity, do artists really need uniforms to be visible? Kunstuniformen tries to emphasize the importance of art in society.
↧
Kassaboys: Art Uniforms (kunstuniformen) (exhibition)
↧