Drawings by Wojciech Fangor - an exhibition at the Fangorovka gallery.
- Open from Wednesday to Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm
- exhibition curator: Mira Walczykowska
- exhibition information: informacja@ob.pan.pl
Wojciech Fangor (1922-2015) one of the last great masters of the 20th century. He debuted after World War II with an exhibition of Cubist landscapes and portraits. During the Socialist Realist period, he gained popularity by painting iconic works such as Characters and Korean Mother. He was one of the founders of the Polish Poster School. However, Fangor's best-known works are edgeless painted circles and waves classified as op-art. In 1970, the artist presented paintings from this series in a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Wojciech Fangor was also the author of many spatial forms. His experimentation with art was pioneering not only in Poland, but also abroad.
Among works on paper, we can distinguish his great posters from the 1950s, as well as drawings, which have accompanied the artist since the beginning of his artistic career as a separate form of expression, a note or record of concepts for graphic and architectural projects.
The exhibition, which is being prepared by the Art Colony, is an attempt to juxtapose classical drawing with modernist drawing often referring to cubism, surrealism or even primitivism. For the exhibition at Fangorovka, I have chosen drawings in various styles - from nude, still life and landscape to abstract geometric forms.
The juxtaposition of these works with the atmosphere of the gallery itself can become an interesting artistic event. The atmosphere of the place is strongly influenced by an early work of the artist - a plafond with mythological themes, painted in an idyllic-rococo style.
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