I want to step out myself, go beyond, achieve the impossible, fulfil an
unprecedented task, realise a vision, create an absolutely convincing
painting, build it with decisions. A.W.
The Byzantine Nostalgia exhibition presents works by nearly 50 artists from Poland and Ukraine, including three works by Andrzej Wróblewski, Tadeusz Kantor, pieces by Jerzy Nowosielski, Dmytro Hrek and Zinaida Kubar.
The exhibition, according to curator ViktoriI BurlaIi, reflects the search for common roots in Polish and Ukrainian art. At the same time, it is a tribute to the work of Jerzy Nowosielski. The exhibition focuses on the richness of the cultural and artistic heritage of both nations, presenting a wide selection of works from painting, printmaking and sculpture.
The exhibition features more than 70 works from both museum and private collections.
On 6 December, the Royal Academy of Arts in London hosted an international conference organised by the International Catalogue Raisonné Association which as a member we were honoured to attend.
The On Paper conference addressed the issue of the relationship between works of art made on paper or with paper and their classification in catalogues raisonné. Lectures and discussions, which included Annette Wickham, curator of the works on paper department at the Royal Academy of Arts, Yuval Etgar, independent author and art historian, director of research at Luxembourg + Co, and Adam Granelagh, curator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC and author of the catalogue raisonné of works on paper by Mark Rothko, explored topics such as the characteristics of collections of works on paper, the specifics of their storage, methodologies for cataloguing them and the search for lost works and working with artists’ foundations that work to develop the artistic legacy of, for example, Louise Bourgeois.
The Andrzej Wróblewski Foundation’s participation in the event was made possible thanks to the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
The annual conference of CIMAM – the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art – was held from 9 to 11 November at the largest and most important meeting of curators and directors of institutions presenting contemporary art. This year, members of the organisation, special guests and representatives of art institutions met in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference was hosted by the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires and Director Victoria Northoorn.
The three-day event fostered discussions about the social and educational mission of contemporary art museums and the active role museums can play in building an inclusive 21st century society. In addition to the agenda, an important highlight of this year’s edition were visits to the studios of artists, curators and visits to the cultural spaces of Buenos Aires according to the thematic paths and interests of the participants.
As the Andrzej Wróblewski Foundation, we visited, among others, the home and archive of Leon Ferrari (1920-2013) and the Foundation founded by the artist’s family, the archive of the liberation movements, the Narcisa Hirsch exhibition at the Kirchner Cultural Center and contemporary art exhibitions such as the Edgardo Gimenez retrospective at the Museo MALBA.
The Andrzej Wróblewski Foundation’s participation in the event was made possible thanks to the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
The Centre for Contemporary Art in Toruń hosted the premiere of the Serenissima East project, which brings together artists from the Baltic countries.
At the Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, one can admire works by Andrzej Wróblewski, Tomasz Ciecierski or Jan Dobkowski, as well as artists from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, including Jonas Gasiūnas, Kaido Ole, Andris Vitolins or Kestutis Zapkus.
As part of the exhibition, the international curatorial team, led by Krzysztof Stanislawski, reaches back into the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which provides an excellent starting point for discussing contemporary events and the future.
Exhibition open from October 20 to December 31, 2023 Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu in Toruń Wały Generała Władysława Sikorskiego 13, Toruń https://csw.torun.pl/
The exhibition ‘Wróblewski and After… Art of Direct Realism’ at the National Museum in Lublin is coming to an end.
On August 26 at 5PM, as part of the closing events, you are invited to a discussion led by exhibition curator Marcin Lachowski with the participation of researchers of Andrzej Wróblewski’s work: Anna Król, Andy Rottenberg, Hanna Wróblewska, Magdalena Ziółkowska and Wojciech Grzybała.
The exhibition titled “Vilnius, Vilnius, Vilne 1918-1948: One City – Many Stories” shows Vilnius during an exceptionally complicated historical period.
The seven-part narrative of the exhibition shows how artists of the then multicultural Vilnius perceived their city. The display presents works by Vilnius artists stored in Polish and Lithuanian cultural heritage institutions. In addition to the well-known and oft-presented works of the classics of Vilnius art, including Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Jan Bułhak, Ludomir Sleńdzinski, Bronisław Jamontt, Michał Rouba, Jerzy Hoppen, one can also see paintings and prints by the younger generation of artists, which included Hanna Milewska, Józef Horyd and Hadassa Gurewicz-Grodzka.
The depiction of Vilnius has been expanded to include a Lithuanian chapter, consisting of landscapes and portraits by Vladas Drėma, Antanas Gudaitis, Juozas Mikėnas, Algirdas Petrulis and Adomas Varnas.
The narrative culminates with works born of nostalgia for lost Vilnius, including prints and paintings by Andrzej Wroblewski.
On May 17, 2023, the opening of the exhibition ‘The Tatras. Wróblewski, Karłowicz, Wyczółkowski’ at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology took place.
Together with director Katarzyna Nowak and the curatorial team consisting of Dr Anna Król, Dr Magdalena Ziółkowska and Wojciech Grzybała, we would like to express our deepest thanks to all the guests for their presence.
On May 17, 2023 the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology will open an extraordinary exhibition, presenting works by three artists: Andrzej Wróblewski, Mieczysław Karłowicz, and Leon Wyczółkowski. This is the first show to bring the work of these three outstanding artists together.
The Tatras: Wróblewski, Karłowicz, Wyczółkowski exhibition will display a series of inks by Andrzej Wróblewski with views of the Tatra Mountains, his geometrical abstractions from 1948, original prints of Mieczysław Karłowicz’s mountain landscape photographs, carefully stored in the PTTK Mountain Tourism Center in Krakow, and paintings, pastels, and prints by Leon Wyczółkowski from the 1900s, inspired by a Japanese aesthetic. The works are linked by the artists’ remarkable ability to translate their feeling for the mountains into a visual language. The exhibition will run until November 5, 2023.
‘It is a great tribute to the artist, many thanks to the organisers of the exhibition. It is very satisfying that we can support such activities’, stressed the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Prof Piotr Glinski, during the opening of the exhibition.
This is the first exhibition of works by Andrzej Wróblewski at the National Museum in Lublin, whose collection includes two works by the artist: Painting About the Horrors of War, (Headless Fish) and Woman. The artworks included in the exhibition – created between 1948 and 1957 – executed in a variety of techniques, from oil paintings to monotypes or ink works – reflect the wide range of interests of the artist, who, according to the exhibition’s curator, Prof Marcin Lachowski, was ‘a separate, complete artist who occupied the position of outsider’.
‘What Andrzej Wróblewski painted many years ago is still relevant’, were the words used by Dr Katarzyna Mieczkowska, Director of the National Museum in Lublin, to open the exhibition.
Exhibition open from April 28 to August 27, 2023. National Museum in Lublin – plac Zamkowy 9, Lublin
Curatorial team: Marcin Lachowski, Aleksandra Blonka-Drzażdżewska, Łukasz Wiącek Coordination: Małgorzata Kozieł
Organisers: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, National Museum in Lublin, Andrzej Wróblewski Foundation
On Friday, April 28, the National Museum in Lublin will host the opening of the exhibition ‘Wróblewski and After… Art of Direct Realism’. The curators Marcin Lachowski, Aleksandra Blonka-Drzażdżewska and Łukasz Wiącek have selected more than 90 works by the author of ‘Executions’ and juxtaposed them with the works of artists from subsequent generations, including members of Gruppa, Grupa Wprost and ‘Ładnie’ Group.