When I Will be Little Again

Visual identity

The key themes of the exhibition When Will I Be Little Again? are the coming-of-age story and the moment when the artistic personality is borne. In the cinema, the coming-of-age film represents a distinct genre, and in literature the theme is taken up in the Bildungsroman and the Künstlerroman. The focal point in all of these is the psychological and moral progress of the individual from childhood to maturity and into the world of grownups. The complex transformation that the protagonist undergoes is crucial for the plot development. The exhibition captures the moments of transformation and spiritual rapture that accompany artists throughout puberty. The project concentrates on the artist’s early creativity and fascination with the iconography of childhood and with marionette theatre, which can be interpreted as a metaphor for the world of human beings. During the exhibition, different rites of passage will be enacted, using images and objects.

Colophon

Cracow, 2016
Curated by: Joanna Zielińska
Artists: Paweł Althamer, Guy Ben-Ner, Karina Bisch, Christian Boltanski, Bracia, Anja Carr, Maciek Chorąży, Jan Fabre, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Wiktor Gutt, Władysław Hasior, Tadeusz Kantor, Tony Oursler, Claus Richter, Franciszka Themerson, Adam Walny, The Book Lovers
Venue: Cricoteka
Concept and design: Noviki