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A Subjective Guide to Collections features a selection of private collections based in the Kujawsko-Pomorski Region. The book is integral part of the exhibition Flowers of our Lives which inaugurates the Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu in Toruń.
Written by the collectors themselves and dedicated to them, the publication also constitutes a collection. It presents unusual people, uncommon objects and the secrets behind them. They belong to private people, societies or even small communities. Most of the collections presented in the book keep growing on daily basis; some of them have just been hunted down. These collections may not be spectacular or have any material value or scientific significance but their potential is entirely different from that of museum collections. The guide reveals ‚what is hidden’ and shows the world as a singular array; it also raises the question of the purpose of collecting.
The book is an integral part of exhibition Flowers of our Lives which inaugurates the Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasuin Toruń. We hope that this publication will encourage reflection about the phenomenon of collecting both within a particular locality and in reference to art and contemporary artists practices, which are the main focus of the exhibition. The guide may come in handy for collectors as a source of vital information on objects which they are still in search of and inspire others to take up that hobby.
Subjective Guide to Collections
Copy editing / Coordination:
Beata Jurkiewicz, Piotr Lisowski, Agnieszka Pindera, Katarzyna Radomska, Joanna Zielińska
Translation:
Monika Ujma
18 x 14 cm., 256 pages, soft binding, 210 colour pictures
Written in English and Polish
ISBN 978-83-927311-4-6, Toruń 2008
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