A series of drawings, each made by a different non-professional artist, show a man wandering through the empty gallery spaces of Tate Modern. The figure is intended to depict the Slovakian artist Roman Ondák, and is based on a verbal description of him given to each of the individual artists by the exhibition curators. The title, I'm just acting in it (2007), can be read as a reflection on Ondák’s ambiguous role as the creator of this art work. Ondák’s work is usually performed or produced by a third party. His instructions to his collaborators are specific, but allow space for them to contribute their own personal interpretation. In this case, the work emerges from a complex dialogue in which artist, curator, sketchers and viewer all participate. The video Resistance (2006) documents a performance for which the artist invited certain people to attend a gallery opening with their shoelaces untied. This quiet act of non-conformity remains ambiguous, suggesting a protest against (or for?) something we can only imagine.

Pawel Althamer | Cezary Bodzianowski | Ulla Von Brandenburg | Jeremy Deller | Trisha Donnelly | Geoffrey Farmer | Andrea Fraser | Dominique Gonzalez - Foerster | Jeppe Hein | Renata Lucas | Rita McBride | Roman Ondák | Markus Schinwald | Tino Sehgal | Catherine Sullivan | Mario Ybarra Jr