01.08.2011
Modern and contemporary art from Poland in Brussels
The BOZAR Palace of Fine Arts in Brussels will soon feature the most important Polish contemporary works of art. The exhibition, titled The Power of Fantasy. Modern and contemporary art from Poland, includes almost 200 works by 35 Polish artists, such as Paweł Althamer, Mirosław Bałka and Marcin Maciejowski. King Albert II of Belgium and the Polish President Bronisław Komorowski have assumed patronage over the exhibition, which is organised by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the National Museum in Krakow and the Polish Institute in Brussels. It opens on September 18th.
Marcin Maciejowski, Młodzi nie chcą się uczyć ani pracować (The young do not want to study or work), 2000, from the collection of the ING Polish Art Foundation.
Photo courtesy of the National Museum in Krakow
Marcin Maciejowski, Młodzi nie chcą się uczyć ani pracować (The young do not want to study or work), 2000, from the collection of the ING Polish Art Foundation.
Photo courtesy of the National Museum in Krakow
The The Power of Fantasy. Modern and Contemporary Art from Poland exhibition aims to show how fantasy, magic, insanity and absurd have come into prominence as a theme in Polish contemporary art. The pieces have been selected by David Crowley and Polish curators - Zofia Machnicka and Andrzej Szczerski.
It is worth remembering that during the first edition of the ArtBoom Festival we had a chance to admire works by Paweł Althamer and Mirosław Bałka, and that Marcin Maciejowski was a guest of this year’s festival. He also designed the unique festival T-shirts, which are available from Allegro.
It is worth remembering that during the first edition of the ArtBoom Festival we had a chance to admire works by Paweł Althamer and Mirosław Bałka, and that Marcin Maciejowski was a guest of this year’s festival. He also designed the unique festival T-shirts, which are available from Allegro.
