OPENING OF THE LOCKOUT EXHIBITION

Exhibition’s title Lockout refers to the work stoppage at the enterprise initiated by the employer – practice, which is forbidden in many countries but Ukraine. Curators consider this phenomenon a metaphor of the social situation in post-socialist world. Works, presented at the exhibition, reveal the hidden, or invisible, reality of labour as one of the most routine and important aspects of human life. Exhibition Lockout includes critical art works from Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Hungary.

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Organized by: Krytyka Polityczna, Visual Culture Research Center

With the financial support of Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland