Gallery/Dealer Photos (4)
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Marta Deskur
Wiktor Dyndo
Ewa Juszkiewicz
Tomasz Kopcewicz
Wojciech Łazarczyk
Joanna Mlącka
Anna Myca
Marek Wasilewski
Małgorzata Wielek-Mandrela |
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Sample Art Work (9)
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Wiktor Dyndo
“And Summer Was Beautiful That Year... September 11, 2001”
07-21 September 2011
Exhibition opening: 06 September 2011, (Tuesday), 7 pm
The paintings of Wiktor Dyndo apparently show us the Orient that we know: bomb attacks, a permanent war on terror, an ever-present theme of an Arafat shawl pattern or Islamic ornamentation. His works bring associations with Orientalism, a trend in European culture which developed in modern times and reached its peak towards the end of the nineteenth century. Although this association is correct, it would be wrong to think of Dyndo as a continuator of Orientalism.
When we compare the works of the 19th-century Orientalists with the paintings by Dyndo, we can see immediately their contrasting significance. While the Orient in the old-time painting usually appears to be the ancient Arabia Felix, Dyndo's paintings today show us, in the first place, an atmosphere of menace and strangeness. We could say that since the events of September 11 the world has undergone a major transformation and that what we can observe today is this famous clash of civilizations, which is d... [ Read all ] |
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VII Warsaw Festival of Art Photography - Young Czech Photography, 10 - 20 May 2011, 20 years of Creative Photography Institute in Opava. Presentation of young Czech photographers varying in artistic approaches
Małgorzata Wielek-Mandrela - Portrety pamięciowe (Photofits), 6 April - 7 May 2011
Medium Post Mortem, June-July 2007 (Lejman, Balka, Gustowska, Piotrowska, Bury, Klaman)
Demos Kratos, March-April 2006 (Althamer, Bednarski, Kwiek, Polisiewicz, Baldyga)
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Location And Getting There |
| The Gallery is located on the historic grounds of the Koneser Cultural Centre, in the Praga district of Warsaw. |
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Klima Bochenska (director)
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Tuesday - Friday 12 - 6 PM
Saturday 12 - 4 PM |
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