Julian Strek
© Leszek Macak, Cracovie

A host in a bottle
Polish artists

21.02 > 26.05.2013
Preview on Thursday 21.02.2012 18:00-20:00

An enigmatic title, inviting us on a journey. A journey to Poland. A journey to the worlds of twenty-odd artists. Between subversion and tradition, between lightness and depth, but always with the act of creating at the heart of existence, and existence at the heart of creating.
While Adam Dembiński’s work combines erotic elements with religious symbols, Justyna Matysiak depicts the collections of the greatest fashion designers with certain freshness, and Maria Wnek, who is deeply religious, shows a ceremonial world whose protagonists summon us with their powerful gaze. Words are sometimes added to the images, such as this sentence taken from one of her paintings: “From milk to milk. A host in a bottle”. The enigma is about to be unravelled…
With works of: Kazimierz CYCOŃ, Adam DEMBIŃSKI, Halina DYLEWSKA, Tadeusz GŁOWALA, Władysław GRYGNY, Marian HENEL, Przemysław KIEBZAK, Ryszard KOSEK, Konrad KWASEK, Mikołaj ŁAWNICZAK, Justyna MATYSIAK, Edmund MONSIEL, Iwona MYSERA, ulian Stęk,Edward SUTOR, Maria WNĘK, Stanisław ZAGAJESWKI, Ksawery ZARĘBSKI, Henryk ŻARSKI.

Curators: Małgarzeta Szaefer and Tatiana Veress
In partnership with Tak Gallery and with works from Oto Ja Collection, Płock, The Leszek Macak Collection, Kraków, The Andrzej Kwasiborski Collection, Płock, Pod Sukniami Foundation, Szczecin, The Psychiatric Hospital, Branice, Lue Lu Foundation, Poznań.

With the support of the Polish Institute. Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels

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