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XXIX Krystyna Drążkiewicz National Drawing and Painting Open-Air for the most talented students of the oldest classes of art high schools – Rychwał 2023 – open-air exhibition

XXIX Krystyna Drążkiewicz National Drawing and Painting Open-Air for the most talented students of the oldest classes of art high schools – Rychwał 2023 – open-air exhibition 5.10 – 11.10. 2023Curators: Agata Nowak, Adam NowaczykGallery Szewska 16, Szewska Str. 16 The post-open-air exhibition presents a “modest” selection of 150 works of the rich achievements of young creative people representing most secondary art schools in Poland. The authors are both winners of the open-air competition for indexes for the Faculty of Painting and Drawing of Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan as well as creative people who stand out with their individual attitude. The effect is a result of the meeting of people who are just shaping their idea ofMore

Piotr Szwiec | Trapped Jewelry | Sofia, Bulgaria

Piotr Szwiec | Trapped Jewelry | Sofia, Bulgaria ALMA MATER Gallery of the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., Sofia, BulgariaDuration: 16-31.10.2023 A series of designs and realizations of unique jewelry. Jewelry can be valuable in a simple way – by the value of its metal. If this were the only criterion, bars on chains would be the most valuable. For jewelry, artistic value and quality of craftsmanship have always been important, and in times of mass production they have become even more important. Precious means valuable: handmade, unique, one of a kind. This was the slogan of the first jewelry made of flints hand-carved to resemble Paleolithic stones – tools that were as valuable as jewelry today. They required manualMore

“Yesterday I Dreamt of an Empty Forest” | Exhibition accompanying the IV Biennial of Artistic Textile in Poznan

“Yesterday I Dreamt of an Empty Forest” | Exhibition accompanying the IV Biennial of Artistic Textile in PoznanGallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.Opening: 30.09.23, 20:00Curator: Dorota Tarnowska-UrbanikDuration: 30.09 – 15.10.2023Wednesday – Sunday, 14:00-17:00 The impulse to create the exhibition “Yesterday I Dreamt of an Empty Forest ” is the desire to meet again and present the work of people who were and still are associated with the Artistic Textile Studio at Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan, and whose attitudes and various sensitivities are strongly remembered by those running the workshop. Despite the difference in age, interests and current profession, each artist had and still has a strong fascination with nature. For Anna Goebel, the forest is aMore

WIRELESS | Unique textile past and present

WIRELESS | Unique textile past and presentGallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Opening: 30.09.2023, 18:00Wednesday – Sunday, 13:00 – 18:0030.09-15.10.2023 The exhibition presents the attitudes of artists who realize their artistic works in the area of broadly understood artistic fabric. The essence of the exhibition is to present in the broadest possible context the current topics that concern the artists. Accordingly, in the gallery space, there will be for viewing and contemplation the works of artists who realize artworks based on multithreaded ideas. The theme/title and leitmotif of the exhibition is “wireless”, understood as without electricity. Thus, the term is close to traditional techniques and technologies, related to textile art and in a more metaphorical sense – analog, over forms,More

“Welcome to my humble abode”

Venue: Przystanek Pireus (Głogowska 35, Poznan)Opening: 20:00Duration: 29.09 – 19.10.2023 Recall that feeling when you cross the doorstep of somebody’s home for the first time.The exhibition “Welcome to my humble abode” is an invitation to enter a space co-createdby fifteen artists. Despite their diversity, the work of these artists forms an ecosystem thatwants be explored. The visitor has the opportunity to delve into the nooks and crannies of aspace that is the product of a group of artists fascinations, points of view and ways ofthinking, and to follow the corridors that connect the themes they address.Artists: Michalina Banasik, Bernadetta Bałękowska, Daria Bielienkov, Przemek Kaczmarek, MarcinKaralus, Mateusz Kowalczyk, Hubert Krawczyk, Rozalia Kwiatkowska, KarolinaMaliszewska, Ewa Pajewska-Wawrzyniak, Kuba Stajszczak, Maria Węsławska-Grybina,Marcel Łukasiewicz, AleksandraMore

Exercises in being | Marcin Salwin

Exercises in being | Marcin SalwinGallery Szewska 1625.09-30.09Opening: 25.09, 18:00 Curatorial team:Natalia CzarcińskaJerzy MuszyńskiDorota Tarnowska-Urbanik Marcin Salwin Graduate of BA (2020) and MA (2022) studies in the field of drawing at the University of Arts in Poznań. Winner of the 2nd place at the 2nd Artistic Textile Biennale in Poznań and winner of the 9th edition of the Alicja Kępińska competition for the best theoretical MA thesis at the UAP created in the academic year 2021/22 for his work “Cartographic-virtual dialogue on the example of the space of video games of the 1990s” (under the supervision of Prof. dr. hab. Izolda Kiec). The author’s main artistic and theoretical interests include issues of transmedia narratology, pop culture themes and dialoguing withMore

A body borrowed from space / Marta Węglińska

A body borrowed from space | Marta Węglińska Meritorical support: Ewa MrozikiewiczGallery Curators’LAB, 12 Nowowiejskiego Str.Opening: 26.09.2023, 18:0026.09 – 15.10.2023 The presented works were created to meet the need for multidimensional contact with the natural environment. Text: Marta Węglińska and Ewa Mrozikiewicz You probably consider yourself a sophisticated being – and you certainly are – but know that you are made up of a multitude of elements and compounds that were once waste and then recycled. Don’t worry, this applies to all of us[1]. Marta The natural environment, the processes taking place in it, constant changes, the wildest places, the least transformed by human activity are the basis for my work. I observe nature from many perspectives – biology, geology,More

Piotr Szwiec | Art Symposium ART-ECO 2023

Piotr Szwiec | Art Symposium ART-ECO 2023 Professor Piotr Szwiec, 1st Vice-Rector of Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan, took part in the Art Symposium ART-ECO 2023 on August, 28 – September, 5, 2023 (Kiten, Bulgaria). The symposium was accompanied by the international exhibition “ECO ART 2023” at the ALMA MATER Gallery of the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” with the participation of artists from Bulgaria, Poland, France and Lithuania representing foreign art schools and cultural institutions. The Symposium and the exhibition are the project of the Visual Arts Department of the Faculty of Educational Studies and Arts of the Sofia University. Both the events served as a good promotion of Polish art abroad, popularizing didactic and artistic achievementsMore

WIRELESS. Textile art past and present

WIRELESS. Textile art past and present The exhibition presents the attitudes of artists who realize their artistic works in the area of broadly understood artistic fabric. The essence of the exhibition is to present in the broadest possible context the current topics that concern the artists. Accordingly, in the gallery space, there will be for viewing and contemplation the works of artists who realize artworks based on multithreaded ideas. The theme/title and leitmotif of the exhibition is “wireless”, understood as without electricity. Thus, the term is close to traditional techniques and technologies, related to textile art and in a more metaphorical sense – analog, over forms, directly treating the dependencies of today’s world. In addition, in another sense, wireless isMore

The moment it wobbles and trembles | Maciej Andrzejczak, Anna Kołacka, Sebastian Trzoska 

The moment it wobbles and trembles Venue: Gallery Szydłowski, 13/15 Nowolipie Str., Warsaw Opening: 07.09.2023, 18:00-21:00Duration: 07-22.09.2023 Maciej Andrzejczak, Anna Kołacka, Sebastian Trzoska  The clocks no longer stop, and the time displayed on the ubiquitous screens flows either too fast or too slow. The works of the three artists are like an experiment designed to recognize and experience a disordered reality. Sebastian Trzoska’s Technical diagram for 24 hours of focus shows a stopwatch board speeding up minute by minute. On the one hand ”it is simply a form of creative play with the ruthless limitations of the timer’s function and the industrial nature of the object, such as a typical advertising display built from LED lights” (S.T). In this black-framed controlled chaos, where the conceptMore

PENETRATION | Marzena Wolińska

PENETRATION | Marzena Wolińska Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego av.Opening: 07.09.2023, 18:00Wed – Sun, 13:00 – 18:007.08-24.09.2023 Objects/ usable items, sculptural forms, drawing compositions are the result of different ways of creating, but/however the inspiration to create them are emotions and thoughts that permeate each other… hence there is the title of the exhibition. The PENETRATION exhibition presents the mutual relations between various forms of creative expression – utilitarian objects, sculptures and drawings are the result of a different way of creating, but the inspiration for their creation are emotions and thoughts that interpenetrate each other … it gives rise to the title of the exhibition. Usability is determined by function, conditioned by a given technology and obliged toMore

Spirits | Radosław Czarkowski 

Spirits | Radosław Czarkowski Gallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str. Opening: 5.09.2023, 18:00 5-20.09.2023Wed-Sun, 14:00 – 17:00  Spirits are assumed to be a group of mutually complementary objects referring in their idea to the issues of memory and identity – important from the point of view of self-identification not only for individuals, but also for entire communities or nations. The mechanism of care for identity and knowledge of origin is the same in each case – memory care. This role is played by verbal applications, books, photographs kept in the wallet or notes on the margins of school notebooks – without refreshing, images fade and concepts escape under the weight of time. The realization is a reflection on the transformation of eventsMore

Shapes of Insider

Shapes of Insider Opening: 24.08.2023, 18:00Venue: Design Gallery, 9 Wolnica Str. The “Shapes of Insider” exhibition is an overview of the fascinating achievements of students of Interior Design in the academic year 2022/2023. We have created a collection of works that tell about our design path and personal visions of space. The works presented at the exhibition are like windows to the world of countless possibilities. From minimalist, subdued designs to an explosion of colors and forms, each work is a reflection of our individuality. Their presentation on long sheets leaves room for free analysis and focus on the projects themselves. This simplicity emphasizes the richness of ideas and the uniqueness of each work. The diversity and dialogue that accompanyMore

ANTICIPATIONS / ceramic objects / PIOTR MASTALERZ

ANTICIPATIONS / ceramic objects / PIOTR MASTALERZ Gallery Curators’LAB, 12 Nowowiejskiego Str.Opening: 29.08.2023, 18:0029.08-17.09.2023 Curator:prof. dr hab. Ewa Twarowska-Sioda PIOTR MASTALERZ Biography:Piotr Mastalerz is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. He graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture and Spatial Activities, obtaining a diploma in the studio of prof. Jacek Jagielski. In 2013, he defended his PhD at his alma mater. In the years 1994–1999 he studied at the State Lyceum of Fine Arts in Zdunska Wola, where he obtained the title of art technician, specializing in artistic ceramics. Then, from 1999 to 2000, he attended the School of Theater and Film Techniques in Łodz. In the years 2000–2002 he studied in Kalisz at the Faculty ofMore

THE WIND FROM THE SEA | Aleksander Radziszewski 

THE WIND FROM THE SEA | Aleksander Radziszewski Gallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.16 – 28.08.2023Finissage: 28.08, 18:00 “The witch’s scapular was torn off so that he would no longer defend her, and she was allowed to drink a second glass of holy wine. When the boat, pushed from the shore by the oars of several stout fishermen, ran out to sea, the crowd on the shore howled to throw the witch into the water as soon as possible. And so it happened. The two biggest masops, straddling the boat-drivers, lifted the limp woman by the arms and legs, swung her in the air, and flung her far into the water. Drunk on holy wine and stripped of her scapular,More

Ryszard Kaja | Big and small journeys from and to Poznan

Big and small journeys from and to Poznan | Ryszard Kaja Curator: Ewelina Muraszkiewicz  Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, Al. Marcinkowskiego 28 Opening: 2.08, 18:00 Thoughtful observer of everyday life Which of us, driven by curiosity, has not once been tempted to peek at someone’s diary? Break off at least a piece of the innermost thoughts and observations of the other person? Of course, knowing that what we see or read, we don’t necessarily have to like it. Ryszard Kaja kept a diary for almost his entire life. He meticulously supplemented day after day, providing ample material for posterity to analyze. Initially, Ryszard’s diaries were A6 notebooks in which he wrote down and painted everything he experienced on a daily basis. OverMore

Marcin Salwin | Are you lonely?

Open StudioMarcin SalwinAre you lonely? Gallery Szewska 1607.08-24.09 Curatorial team: Natalia CzarcińskaJerzy MuszyńskiDorota Tarnowska-UrbanikMarcin Salwin Graduate of BA (2020) and MA (2022) studies in the field of drawing at the University of Arts in Poznań. Winner of the 2nd place at the 2nd Artistic Textile Biennale in Poznań and winner of the 9th edition of the Alicja Kępińska competition for the best theoretical MA thesis at the UAP created in the academic year 2021/22 for his work “Cartographic-virtual dialogue on the example of the space of video games of the 1990s” (under the supervision of Prof. dr. hab. Izolda Kiec). The author’s main artistic and theoretical interests include issues of transmedia narratology, pop culture themes and dialoguing with literary references.More

Tattoo – a form of art

Tattoo – a form of art Venue: Gallery Curators’LAB, Nowowiejskiego 12Opening; 20.07.2023, 18:00Duration: 20.07 – 18.08.2023Curator: Adrianna Afra Gruszecka Artists of Black Rabbit Tattoo Studio:Marcin Kowalski “Brodaty”Wojciech Kaczmarek “Ketjow”Paulina AkumaAdrianna Gruszecka “Afra Tattoo”In cooperation with:Izabela Janowska TattooJacob Mucha Tattoo Art Welcome to the exhibition “Tattoo – a form of art”! This extraordinary, pioneering exhibition devoted to the phenomenon of tattoos and its role as a form of dissemination of art on the human body. This is a unique opportunity to get closer to the mysterious world of tattooing and see the process of creating a pattern live. The tattoo has deep roots that go back millennia. Ancient cultures such as the Egyptians, Sumerians and Chinese practiced the art of tattooingMore

Exhibition of works by graduates of the Third Age University of Arts | Painting | Drawing | Icons

The exhibition is a summary of the activities by Seniors, who attended the art courses of painting, drawing and icon sections at the University of Arts of the Third Age in Poznan. PAINTINGGallery Nowa Scena UAP, Al. Marcinkowskiego 29Opening: 11.07, 17:0011.07-25.07 Participants of the exhibition: Anna Struk, Anna Trawińska, Aleksandra Hanaj-Podgórska, Anna Nowak, Anna Nockowska, Anna Kortus, Anna Wilczyńska, Beata Rumin-Gebel, Barbara Kaczmarek-Mikołajczak, Beata Witkowska, Barbara Dyderska, Danuta Mackiewicz, Dorota Krawiec-Pierańska, Ewa Nowakowska, Ewa Stawna, Ewa Lech, Ewelina Majchrzak, Hanna Sarnowska-Mazur, Hanna Zwiefka, Irena Mikulska-Kulma, Jolanta Kabacińska, Jolanta Materniak, Jolanta Jarmużek, Jolanta Owczarek, Jacek Ruśniak, Karolina Musiał, Katarzyna Kruszwicka, Krystyna Kmieć-Wojciechowska, Krystyna Dyderska, Maria Mańkowska, Magdalena Brzezińska, Marek Rachuba, Marian Pawlik, Maria Głodkiewicz, Paweł Maciak, Radomiła Banach, Renata Lesiewicz, RomualdaMore

Pripyat | Hjörleifur Halldórsson

Pripyat | Hjörleifur HalldórssonRotunda GalleryOpening: July 3, 2023 at 6 p.m.On display: 3 – 30.07.2023 About the artistic attitude of Hjörleifur Halldórsson Hjörleifur Halldórsson’s painting reflects his inner life and interest in specific social issues. Halldórsson knows that art cannot replace social science, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and political science, but it can contribute to social diagnosis. He does not illustrate scientific hypotheses and ideological manifestos, but expresses his subjective, independent opinions and feelings through painting. When art serves to explore and deepen the subjectivity of the artist who creates it, it simultaneously serves and defends the subjectivity of every human being. One of Halldórsson’s responses in defense of the subjectivity of a particular person is the portrait of Swedish model Lena ForsénMore

Microwaves | Performance | Maja Korczyńska

Microwaves | Performance | Maja Korczyńska Gallery Nowa Scena UAP,28 Marcinkowskiego Ave.Performance:20.06, 18:0021.06, 18:00 A performance expressing fatigue with the academic system, limiting freedom and creativity through a rigid work framework. Directing attention to patterns that are often reproduced in contemporary art. It is also to draw attention to the traps that lie in wait for art students who, through the system of orders and settlements, are exposed to the loss of individuality and merging into popular and fashionable artistic styles.

As a matter of fact | joint diploma project

As a matter of fact Tomasz AgacińskiMonika Kaźmierska Venue: Gallery Nowa Scena UAP, 28 Marcinkowskiego Av., PoznanOpening: 24.06, 18:00On display: 24.06 – 2.07 An exhibition of a joint diploma project consisting of four independent parts that consider the needs of possession, accumulation, thus inhabiting and storage. „Baskets made of waste” is a collection of found, damaged baskets, both traditional,wickered, and modern plastic ones. The project transfers waste from the sphere of garbage to the sphere of use, giving them a new potential. The actions taken are aimed at repairing damage, strengthening the structure, weaving in deficiencies, and thus changing and emphasizing the aesthetic values and giving new functions. „Rope basket” is a search for a new material from a rawMore

“The Wanderer” by Samuel Gardner

The Wanderer | Samuel Gardner Gallery Duża Scena UAP, 24 Wodna Str.Opening: 23.06, 18:00On display: 23.06 – 2.07 “The Wanderer” is about walking alone without a fixed destination. It’s an attempt to share the moments of this experience through collected and created objects. Many of the creations are accidental or unintentional. Making them requires a similar mindset to that of the wanderer. You’re constantly making decisions on what “feels” right. It’s the closest I get to that reality which, according to the Patanjali Sutras is “different from that which is normally perceived through one’s senses and logic.”

Dominik Lejman | Reenactment 

Dominik Lejman | Reenactment  Reenactment (2023)Installation by Dominik LejmanIn cooperation with Bianca O’BrienChurch of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Summo, Poznan (Art Gallery of the  Lubrański Academy)Curator: Hubertus von Amelunxen On display: 16.06–02.07.2023, 17:00–20:00Free admission Instalacja Dominika Lejmana Reenactment w kościele NMP na Ostrowie Tumskim stanowi przeniesienie dwóch prac artysty prezentowanych na wyspie San Servolo w ramach projektu „Pawilonu Szaleństwa”, przy współpracy z Museo del Manicomio, w trakcie ubiegłorocznego Biennale w Wenecji.Oryginalnie pokazane w Chiesa di San Servolo w 2022 roku, dwa obrazy projekcyjne (akryl na płótnie 185x348cm) powstały przy współpracy z artystką performance Biancą O’Brien.Jak napisał kard. Gianfranco Ravasi w słowie wstępnym do weneckiej wystawy: „Dwa obrazy Lejmana zapraszają nas do ponownego spojrzenia i zakwestionowania naszego sztywnego, „ortodoksyjnego” podziału na „święte” i „szalone” („sanity”-„insanity”)”. Dominik Lejman’s installation Reenactment in the ChurchMore

Fight or Flight

Title „Fight or Flight” comes from the colloquially named adrenaline. The exhibition presents an analysis of this process not only from a biological perspective but also from an economic and cultural one. Installations placed within the walls of the United Climbing space, although minimalist in it’s form, are full of confrontations with extensive visions of the future of individuals such as Leszek Kołakowski or John Danaher. They were created using modern hardware: 3D milling machines, 3D printers, as well as various AI models and smartphones, embodying the characteristic hope for a better tomorrow. What else are the bodies of people playing with climbing challenges, lying on sun-warmed mats amidst the industrial halls of WSK, if not a longed-for ideal world? This is anMore

A Mute Witness to History | Collective exhibition

A Mute Witness to History | Collective exhibitionOpening: 16.06, 18:0016.06–3.09.2023Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Szyperska 2/6–8 Curator: Marta Brennenstuhl-Bludnik Participants:Anton Derbilov (1980–2023)Alexander DemchenkoIryna KalyuzhnaAnna ManankinaAndrii PinchukArtem SamoylovArsentiy Samoylov Organization: Municipal Gallery Arsenal in Poznan Patronage: Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan The history of the exhibition began on April 29, 2022, when Artem Samoylov left for a moment his studio in a village near Kharkiv. Little did he know back then that he was last crossing the threshold of a building which a moment later would turn into a pile of rubble, ablaze before his very eyes. Fortunately, no one was hurt or killed, yet the missile dealt a tragic blow to human art. The casualties included bronze sculptures, nudes, busts, and studio works byMore