BIENNALE YOUNG INTERIOR DESIGNERS – Best Interior Design Diplomas, National Edition 2024
BIENNALE YOUNG INTERIOR DESIGNERS – Best Interior Design Diplomas, National Edition 2024 Opening | 22.11.2024 | 18:00 | Słodownia +1, Stary Browar, 42 Półwiejska Str., PoznanDuration of exhibition | 22.11.2024–06.12.2024 | 12:00–20:00 The exhibition “BIENNALE YOUNG INTERIOR DESIGNERS – The Best Diplomas in Interior Design” collects unique works of young designers from leading Art Universities in Poland. The event is not only a review of the latest achievements of diplomats, but also a forum that opens the way for young talents by showing their potential. The exhibition, organized in the atmospheric Słodownia +1 space of Stary Browar in Poznan, is a testimony to the diversity and creativity of the young generation of designers. Each diploma, created under the guidance of experiencedMore
Was it always about the mask? | Ireneusz Domagała
Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Opening: 19.11.2024, 18:0020.11.2024–8.12.2024 Curatorial and arrangement team: Katarzyna Podgórska-Glonti, Ewa Mróz-Pacholczyk, Karolina Grzeszczuk, Justyna Ryczek Was it always about the mask? Ireneusz Domagała We did not create a retrospective exhibition, we chose a set of works that, on the one hand, show the diversity of artistic explorations, and, on the other hand, their communal nature and intriguing repeatability. Chronologically, we have collected works that outlined the artistic path – its beginning is a diploma thesis from 1979, and the end is a playful and reflective mask for the difficult pandemic everyday life of 2020. Between drawings, designs, costumes, dolls, costumes brought to life in theater performances, sketches, scripts of plays he worked on, graphicMore
The Animal is Present
The Animal is Present Gallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.Opening: 25.11.2024, 18:00 Duration of exhibition: 26.11.2024 – 7.01.2025 Artists: a_bona_ment +48444, Dawid Dzwonkowski, Pussy Fanny, Kasia Goździak, Abril Gracia Arrondo, Ewa Greszta, Zuza Koprowska, Martyna Przybyło, Maria Strze, Agnieszka Topolska, Adrian Woźniak, Damla Ünlü, Maksymilian Zdanowski Curatorial support: III Intermedia Studio at the Faculty of Animation and Intermedia, UAP: Karolina Kubik, Marek Wasilewski Production and arrangement support, poster: Dawid Dzwonkowski Interspecies consultations: dog Oreo Performative program: Department of Laboratory Animals As Peter Singer wrote: “Our isolation is over… we have a new awareness of who we are and to whom we are related, that the difference between us and other species is small, and that the line between ‘us’ and ‘them’More
Gosia Kępa | I always hear the river close by
Gosia Kępa | I always hear the river close by Opening: 14.11, 18:00Duration of exhibition: 14-24.11.2024 Gallery Szewska 16 I always hear the river close by As part of my diploma project, I look at the river and become convinced that flowing water is for me the best metaphor for transience, and change is the only constant. The titular river reveals its presence in many ways. At the same time, it becomes the main character of the project and its co-creator. The work is the result of my research on the record of existence. It results from a personal fear of change and loss. In cooperation with three rivers: Bystrzyca, Odra and Białka, I analyze different types of duration. Notation playsMore
44th Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best Diploma Project at Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan
44th Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best Diploma Project at Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan Rector and Senate of Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan have the honor to invite you to the opening of the exhibition and the award ceremony of the 44th edition of the Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best UAP Diploma entitled “Narratives”. This year the Maria Dokowicz Competition for the best art and design diploma defended at Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan has its 44th edition. This year’s edition has the slogan “Narratives”, which seems to reflect the essence of the reception of the competition and exhibition, where the audience has the opportunity to become acquainted with a wide rangeMore
S1 | Past, present and possible future of the office
S1 | Past, present and possible future of the office Event organization: Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan, Faculty of Interior Design and Stage Design, Department of Interior Design, Bakata Design. November 20, 12:00, building H, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave., floor IV. Bakata Design is a Wrocław-based company offering comprehensive interior furnishings for institutional and private clients. It specializes in the arrangement of offices, hotels, restaurants and other spaces, providing furniture from global brands such as Knoll, Herman Miller, Hay, Muuto and NaughtOne. As a MillerKnoll partner with the prestigious Associate Dealer status, Bakata Design presents its products in showrooms in Wrocław and Warsaw, which provide space for training and industry meetings, as well as inspiration for architects and individualMore
AMBIVALENCE part I / part II
AMBIVALENCE part I Gallery Curators’Lab, 12 Nowowiejskiego Str.Opening: 6.11.2024, 19:00Duration of exhibition: 6.11-13.11.2024 Artists: Aleksandra Drewniak, Aneta Wąsik, Damian Malendowski, Eva Cherniavskaia, Gabriela Swędrowska, Jagoda Dużyńska, Jakub Kubrak, Julia Brodzińska, Julia Seklecka, Julia Szczudlińska, Maja Chodakowska, Maja Ćwik, Marta Parfieniuk, Michalina Kwaśniewska, Nat Czad Białobrzeska, Oleksandra Anistratenko, Oliwia Mazur, Olivia Smith, Paulina Walaszczyk, Zofia Włodyka, Zofia Żak, Lidia Tomaszewska, Marianna Ratajszczak, Weronika Andrzejewska AMBIVALENCE part II Gallery Curators’Lab, 12 Nowowiejskiego Str.Opening: 18.11.2024, 19:00Duration of exhibition: 18.11-24.11.2024 Artists: Klaudyna Andrzejewska, Bartosz Czyżyk, Alicja Danilecka, Magdalena Domaradzka, Lidia Dziewulska, Agata Konkel, Marcelina Kopaczewska, Zofia Koprowska, Wiktoria Korneluk, Marta Krykant, Olga Kurosz, Lena Kwiatkowska, Lena Liszewska, Aleksandra Łojowska, Łucja Majcherek, Maja Nlogjeja, Karolina Ostrowska, Wiktoria Staszak, Maja Szewczykowska, Marcelina Wajdziak, Marta Wojszel, KajetanMore
Preview of works nominated for the 44th Maria Dokowicz Competition | Free Courtyard of Poznan City Hall
We cordially invite you for the preview of works nominated for the 44th Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best Diploma Project at Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan. From Oct, 31 to Nov, 14 you can get acquainted with the selected works at Free Courtyard of Poznan City Hall (17 Kolegiacki Sq.) The opening of the main exhibition and the award ceremony of the 44th edition of the Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best UAP Diploma entitled “Narratives”, will take place on November, 8 (Friday) at 19:00 at Słodownia, Stary Browar (42 Półwiejska Str.). More details here.
BEYOND | REFLECTIONS
BEYOND | REFLECTIONSGallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.Opening: 6.11.2024, 18:00Duration of exhibition: 6.11 – 17.11.2024 ARTISTS:Igor MikodaMaja Kisiel / Anna Piętowska / Piotr Czaban / Ireneusz PachlińskiCURATOR: Igor Mikoda Studio as an idea – studio as an environment. The curatorial assumption of the Refleksy exhibition series is to present the sculpture studio as an idea connecting professor and graduates, not limited by the clause of time and formal affiliation. The studio defined in this way includes artists focused on assumptions and methods that have shaped their personality over the years and initiated their creative path. Showing the studio environment from the curator’s perspective is one of the possible interpretations of its assumptions. When selecting participants, the professor-curator asks importantMore
Barbara Mydlak | Artist Talk
We cordially invite you for the Artist Talk by Barbara Mydlak. 30.10.2024 (Wed), 17:00, room 109, build A. Barbara Mydlak is a contemporary Polish artist, born in 1987 in Biłgoraj (Poland), currently based in Ghent, Belgium. In her practice, traditional crafts blend with nature, science and various artistic media. Among other things, she works with fibers from discarded plants and creates handmade paper installations using Eastern traditional papermaking techniques and her own, original methods. From 2008 to 2011, she studied archaeology at the University of Warsaw. In 2017, she graduated with honours from the Faculty of Visual Arts at the Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland. Graduated with Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Painting and Drawing,More
Inauguration of the academic year 2024/2025
Inauguration of the academic year 2024/2025 Rector and the Senate of the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan have the honor to invite to the ceremonial inauguration of the academic year 2024/2025 October 17, 2024 at 11:00Atrium UAP20, 23 Lutego Str. CELEBRATION PROGRAM: ACCOMPANYING EVENTS:
Marta Smolińska | “Breaking the canon” and horizontal curating. Polish art at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin
Marta Smolińska | “Breaking the canon” and horizontal curating. Polish art at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin Lecture from the series of University Open Lectures, curator: prof. Stefan Ficner October 23, 2024, 18:00Atrium UAP, 20, 23 Lutego Str. The aim of the lecture is to reflect on the horizontal curatorial strategy of positioning Polish artists as part of the presentation of the collection of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, entitled “Zerreissprobe. Kunst zwischen Politik und Gesellschaft 1945–2000 / Extreme Tension. Art between Politics and Society 1945–2000” (curators: Joachim Jäger, Maike Steinkamp, Marta Smolińska; November 2023-September 2025). Can the so-called canon be subjected to a “tearing strength test” (German: Zerreissprobe)? How do Ewa Partum, Zofia Kulik and Natalia LL feel nextMore
Fusion of additive technology and 3D scanning| Agnieszka Mazurek
Fusion of additive technology and 3D scanning| Agnieszka Mazurek Gallery Design, 9 Wolnica Str.Duration of exhibition: 10 – 29.10.2024 Finissage: 29.10.2024, 18:00 The exhibition accompanies the doctoral dissertation and presents the design process that was carried out during the research work. Its goal was to develop a new product in the form of a 3D scanner. Nowadays, we observe an extremely dynamic development of additive technology (commonly called 3D printing) and a rapidly progressing process of its interpenetration with a specific imaging formula, which is obtained thanks to 3D scanning. This interpenetration of new technologies creates further, broad possibilities that revolutionize our current methods of designing, producing, creating solutions, and even imagining these processes – this is how dynamic their developmentMore
Andrzej Banachowicz | AREAS OF EXPLORATION
Andrzej Banachowicz | AREAS OF EXPLORATION Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Opening: 17.10.2024, 18:00Duration of exhibition: 17.10 – 10.11.2024 Curator: Rafał Boettner- Łubowski The exhibition entitled ANDRZEJ BANACHOWICZ/AREAS OF EXPLORATION, at the Nowa Scena UAP Gallery in Poznań, presents the diverse creative explorations of Andrzej Banachowicz. The charismatic artist has worked as an academic teacher-professor at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Arts in Poznań (UAP, formerly the Academy of Fine Arts and the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznań) for many decades. His achievements are among the most outstanding contemporary manifestations of creative activity in the area of unique textiles in Poland. The exhibition features both selected artistic textiles and digital photographic images which are printed onMore
Y.O.U.-revival
Y.O.U.-revival Słodownia +1, Stary Browar, 42 Półwiejska Str.Performance: 13.10.2024, 14:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 Concept and implementation: Marta WyszyńskaCooperation in the field of robotics: Robert GogolDance: Joanna Kukiełka Re-„awakening” of the mechanical organism in dialogue with the dancer. Robotic-human meeting showing the possibility of coexistence and real contact. The concept of dialogue through the movement of a dancer and a robot responding to hand gestures.
Meet the author session with Eugeniusz Skrzypczak | ARCHÉSPECTIVE
Meet the author session with Eugeniusz Skrzypczak | ARCHÉSPECTIVE Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Building H, I floor, room 203.10.2024, 18:00 During the meeting with Eugeniusz Skrzypczak, at the ARCHÉSPECTIVE exhibition at the Nowa Scena UAP Gallery, you will be able to learn about the oeuvre of his work. The artist will talk about his most interesting urban and architectural projects, competition designs for the reconstruction and expansion of well-known buildings in Poznan and elsewhere, technical infrastructures, charts, sketches and implementations. During the meeting, you will be able to see four models, to which the author will pay special attention.
Filip Wierzbicki-Nowak | Places
Filip Wierzbicki-Nowak | Places Kunsthalle Hilsbach, Aurach (Germany)Opening: 06.10.2024, g. 15.00.Duration of exhibition: 06.10. – 27.10.2024 The exhibition received the patronage of Krakauer Haus in Nuremberg. “(…) human time is divided into stages, just as movement in space is divided by pauses – places. (…) These pauses anchor us in the flow of time. (…) The more pauses in space, and therefore the more places we experience, the subjectively more time passes.”[1] Olga Tokarczuk The “Places” exhibition is my journey through time and space. The titular places are a kind of expanding diary in which, through images, we can come into contact with the local culture, beliefs and stories of the inhabitants I visited in the near or distant past.More
Anna Kędziora | A Beast of no Burden
Anna Kędziora | A Beast of no Burden Opening 05.10.2024, 18:0006.10–25.10.2024Chiang Mai Cultural CentreChiang Mai, Tajlandia “A Beast of no Burden” is a project referring to the loss of connection with nature, inspired by the landscape of northern Thailand. The titular “beast of no burden” is a water buffalo (domestic ox), a draft animal that once dominated the rural landscapes of many Southeast Asian countries. The last few decades have brought dynamic agricultural mechanization, which in turn has wiped out these animals from the rural landscape. The axis of the project is a hand-made floor consisting of ceramic tiles decorated with water buffalo hoof prints. In a region where ceramics are an important element of interior design, the “A beast ofMore
Inspace_Exspace | Exhibition on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Stage Design of the University of the Arts Poznan
Inspace_Exspace | Exhibition on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Stage Design of the University of the Arts Poznan Słodownia +1, Stary Browar, 42 Półwiejska Str.Opening: 4.10.2024, 18:00Duration of exhibition: 4 – 13.10.2024Gallery is open daily from 12:00 to 20:00 Curatorial, design and implementation team: Tomasz Ryszczyński, Martyna Stachowczyk, Marta Wyszyńska, Krzysztof Cicheński, Karolina Grzeszczuk, Dorota Kuźniarska, Kinga Ludek, Krzysztof Urban Inspace_Exspace – an exhibition organized on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Stage Design major at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan – shows a multifaceted, interdisciplinary approach to creating space and the relationship between a human/”actor” and the world/”stage”, sensitive to the constantly changing reality. It is guided by both artists who conduct classesMore
Grażyna Imiela | Painting and textile
Grażyna Imiela | Painting and textileOpening: 25.09.2024 18:00Gallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.25.09–17.10.2024 Grażyna Imiela is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting, Graphics and Sculpture at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznan (diploma in Painting, 1966). Her oeuvre consists of painting and artistic textile. Imiela has participated in numerous exhibitions and art reviews both in Poland, e.g. “Plastyka poznańska” at the Arsenał Gallery in Poznan (1974), “Tkanina Poznańska” at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw (1980), and abroad: “Wystawa Tkaniny Poznańskiej” in Aix-les Bais, Grasse, Toulouse, Lille, Lyon, Le Havre (1979), individual exhibition in Lünen (2012). The artist’s works are in private collections in Poland, Germany, Switzerland and the United States. The painter comes from the classicalMore
Late Transformation Archive | Minilabists
Late Transformation Archive | Minilabists (Marek Mielnicki, Joanna Miklaszewska-Sierakowska, Radek Spassówka) Curator: Witold KanickiVenue: Gallery Curators’LAB, 12 Nowowiejskiego Str.Duration of exhibition: 17.10.2024 – 3.11.2024Opening: 17.10.2024, 17:00 The Polaroid JoyCam camera, one of the last products of a bankrupt manufacturer of instant photographic materials, was intended to function as a cheap party toy. Members of the Poznan Minilabists group used it not only for this purpose, immortalizing reality, objects, people and events preceding Poland’s accession to the European Union on miniature films. The resulting archive of nearly 2,000 color snapshots is a unique collection of images of the symbolic end of the political transformation, in which the post-communist reality of the old regime merges with the sad consumerism of the crisis years at the beginning of the new century. The features of the Polaroids used by Minilabists, such as fast food impatience,More
ARCHÉSPECTIVE | Eugeniusz Skrzypczak
ARCHESPECTIVE | Eugeniusz Skrzypczak Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Opening: 20.09.2024, 18:00 20.09 – 6.10.2024 Meeting with author:Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.3.10.2024, 18:00 REVIEWS EXHIBITION MTP PAVILION NO. 11 (SPIRE)– MODERNIZATION „The main task was to reveal the original steel supporting structure and create a well-lit, open space… The old lattice, riveted columns and girders, which are the main architectural detail, attract attention with their precision of workmanship and excellent technical condition. The new designed balustrades of the mezzanine and stairs have been incorporated into the existing structure in a neutral way…”Tomasz Trusewicz, A-m 1/98 PROVINCE ROAD TRAFFIC CENTER IN WILCZAK STR. IN POZNAN “…the building of the Province Road Traffic Center presents an economical form of an officeMore
Open Studio: Łukasz Gruszczyński | Infected, broken, dead
Open Studio: Łukasz Gruszczyński | Infected, broken, dead Gallery Szewska 16, gallery is open from 9:00 to 19:00 August – September 2004 Artist residency Curatorial team of the Gallery:Natalia Czarcińska, Jerzy Muszyński, Dorota Tarnowska-Urbanik photo Marzena Mirewicz-Czumaczenko
(Fe)male, From intimacy to society | Agata Ciesielska-Shovkun
(Fe)male, From intimacy to society | Agata Ciesielska-ShovkunGallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Str.Opening: 22.08.2024, 18:0022.08-15.09.2024 The exhibition (Fe)male, From intimacy to society is characterized by a variety of expressions regarding sexuality and interpersonal relations. The exhibition consists of several cycles of works dominated by graphics using both traditional and digital techniques, but the exhibition also includes drawings, assemblages and small installations. All works are based on ten years of creative experience of the artist who speaks to the recipients through various media, documenting personal experiences and deeply felt reflections on sexuality and individual aspects of intimacy. One of the key themes of this exhibition is to highlight a divided society in which gender and related roles are often a source ofMore
(RE)LOCATIONS (RE)LOKACJE (徙) 徒
(RE)LOCATIONS (RE)LOKACJE (徙) 徒 Opening: 27 July 2024 (Saturday), 6pm Dates: 28.07–04.08.2024 Place: Atrium, Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznań Artists: Curators: Agnieszka Mori, Zoe Chan, Max Skorwider, Witold Modrzejewski Artists throughout history have embraced relocation as a significant aspect of their creative journey – moving to new places for a variety of reasons – to seek fresh inspiration, find supportive patrons, improve their living conditions, or respond to political circumstances. The act of emigration offers artists a chance to expand their horizons and connect with new audiences, while also promoting cultural exchange and fostering a greater understanding of the harmony of our world. Relocation can also be seen as a way for artists to challenge dominant narratives, power structures, and to explore different perspectives andMore
SLALOM
SLALOM Gallery Duza Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.Opening: 02.08.2024, 18:00Duration of exhibition: 02-20.08.2024 Participants: Krzysztof Balcerowiak, Wojciech Dada, Rafał Jakubowicz, Dorota Jonkajtis, Paweł Kaszczyński, Aleksandra Kosior, Sebastian Trzoska, Radosław Włodarski Imagination and imaging – Slalom, i.e. a spontaneous collection of thoughts, quotes, ideas and things. Wordplay – cheap or not? It depends on what the play is about. Stanisław Jerzy Lec Compared to other alpine skiing disciplines, slalom is held on the shortest route with the proportionally greatest number of changes in directions. Additionally, the competition itself consists of two runs on two different routes marked with characteristic poles, and only the summed result of these runs is the final result of a given competitor in this discipline. But apartMore
OUTLINE OF MOMERIES OUTLINE OF SPACE | Exhibition in London by Marta Weronika Węcławska-Lipowicz
OUTLINE OF MOMERIES OUTLINE OF SPACE | Exhibition in London by Marta Weronika Węcławska-Lipowicz July, 28 – August, 9Opening: July, 28 5 p.m.238-246 King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 ORF
The cover must speak for itself! 30/30 Competition
The cover must speak for itself! 23.07 – 18.08.2024Opening: 23.07.2023, g. 18.00Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Participants: Bovska, Zbigniewa Bielak, Hanna Cieślak, Maciej „Animisiewasz” Grochot, Patryk Hardziej, Mariusz Mrotek, Łukasz Paluch, Grzegorz „Forin” Piwnicki, Dawid Ryski, Ada ZielińskaCurator: Ewelina Muraszkiewicz My dears, the cover must speak for itself! It is not without reason that I recall, at the very beginning, the almost sacred words of Rosław Szaybo, which were heard many times during the most heated discussions during the 30/30 Competition. Usually, there was a deafening silence afterwards, glances were exchanged and a raging brainstorm could be felt J What should a good cover be like? This question appears in every edition and each time justifying our opinion inMore
Art education: thinking through art
Art education: thinking through artGallery Curators’Lab UAP, 12 Nowowiejskiego Str.Opening: 11.07.2024, 18:0012.07 – 3.10.2024 Artists: Aleksander Bajorek, Gabriel Jasiński, Mikołaj Kaczmarski, Maciej Karkoszka, Danuta Kobylacka, Stanisław Korycki, Katarzyna Lem, Urszula Niklas, Olga Ormańczyk i Anka Rynarzewska, Karolina Paczewska, representatives of Transdisciplinary Projects and Research Studio Curators: Izabela Kowalczyk, Justyna Ryczek The exhibition presents selected works created in the studios of the Faculty of Art Education and Curatorial Studies, as well as work by art education students created in another studio. It is a continuation of the reflection on teaching art and the relationship between art and theory, which was initiated by the publication Thinking through Art (ed. A. Paradowska, M. Szeląg). The main theme is artistic education. Therefore, the exhibitionMore
Jarosław Szelest | Hypothetical visions of impossible music
Jarosław Szelest | Hypothetical visions of impossible musicGallery Szewska 16 (16 Szewska Str.)Opening: 25.07.2024, 18:0025-31.07.2024 Gallery curatorial team: Natalia Czarcińska Jerzy Muszyński Dorota Tarnowska-Urbanik
SYNONYMS
SYNONYMS Opening – 21.06.2024 18.00 – Gallery / Courtyard of Poznan City Hall,17 Kolegiacki Sq. 19.00 – Gallery Szewska, 16 Szewska Str. The exhibition will be held in two places – in the Courtyard of the Poznan City Hall and in Gallery Szewska 16, from June 21 to July 5, 2024. The SYNONYMS exhibition will present the works of artists studying at the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan, touching on topics related to neurodiversity. These are works that talk about difficulties in communication and proper understanding, as well as those that show the perception of the world by highly sensitive and neuroatypical people. A “synonym” is a word that is identical or similar in meaning to another word. InMore