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Rajzefiber is a show of works created in the diploma studios of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice
The exhibition represents a moment of transition – entering the stage of professional independence and venturing into unfamiliar topographies, where new personal choreographies are constructed among twists, obstacles, and elevations, redefining our relationship with the world.
Grzegorz Frydryk’s exhibition ‘o nieustannej modlitwie’ (About Perpetual Prayer)
The exhibition combines written words with images, centered on the prayer ‘Lord, have mercy,’ creating a narrative of faith and hope. Frydryk transforms his dysgraphia into art, exploring identity and humanity through self-portraits with an implanted neurostimulator. The prayer, simple and sincere, comforts him amid today's flood of information.
“Lesser-Silesian Suite 2023” — Joanna Zemanek and Grzegorz Sztwiertnia
The essential theme of the exhibition titled "Lesser-Sileasian Suite" is the border connecting (not dividing) the Silesian and Lesser Poland Voivodeships, which we located in the vicinity of the Soła River in the village of Łęki (the place of birth and adolescence of the author of the exhibition JZ) and the area of Cieszyn Silesia with the border on the Olza River (the place of birth and adolescence of the author of the exhibition GS).
‘Underground. Subterra incognita’
With this exhibition we want to show the experience of deep time – the experience of the distant past circulating between the knowledge of geologists and the fantasy of miners, especially today, when coal mining is coming to an end, our underground needs to be reconsidered.
‘Referential Spaces’ by Mischa Kuball – exhibition as part of the XXXI Ars Cameralis Festival
The exhibition Referential Spaces is the first retrospective presentation of Mischa Kuball's output from the last three decades. That being so, the Katowice BWA Gallery presents an array of works that provide complete insight into the vision and mission of this German artist.
‘12/75’ — Photography Exhibition on the Gallery Building’s Facade
Just as you enter the building that houses the BWA Contemporary Art Gallery in Katowice, you can see an exhibition entitled 12/75. Large format photographs by renowned Polish artists are presented in wall display cases alongside Aleja Korfantego street.
Migrations
Jagoda Cerkiewnik, Zuzanna Distel, Agata Gomulicka, Karolina Gwóźdź, Alicja Kalinowska, Jan Kowal, Małgorzata Knapik, Magdalena Łukasik, Jakub Padula, Magdalena Pasternak, Mateusz Patrzyk-De Oliveira, Emanuela Pawłowska, Martyna Pinkowska, Dawid Porembski, Szymon Poloczek, Maciej Rosa, Edyta Rybak, Daria Skoczypiec, Paweł Sobczak, Karolina Szwed, Marlena Szewczyk, Marta Uszakow, Natalia Wirmańska
Unidentified Zone
Judyta Bernaś, Jan Dybała + Piotr Ceglarek [Biuro Dźwięku Katowice], Katarzyna Fober + Bartłomiej Polak [KUFA .Design], Jolanta Jastrząb, Magdalena Kilarska, Michalina W. Klasik, Bogdan Kosak, Aleksander Kozera, Barbara Kubska + Anna Sielska + Paulina Urbańska [ABC Tychy], Paweł Mendrek + Martin Newth + Dave Beech, Hanna Sitarz-Pietrzak, Joanna Zdzienicka-Obałek
The Language of Geometry. The Longevity of Art
The exhibition weaves together several pertinent topics. The main focus is on geometry, which different artists use in different ways. There are 56 participants representing nine European countries as well as the USA and Canada. Another important issue – and one which is stated in the title – is the longevity of the art.
Dormant Trajectories — an exhibition of works by Alicja Bielawska
Alicja Bielawska's sculptures go wavy and straighten out. On the one hand, they outline the shape of the ceased activities, having accumulated all their earlier movement, with loops, slaloms, ripples and bends. On the other, they accommodate the potential for further manoeuvres.
Hail to the Chief — Frank Synowicz’s reinterpretations of the US presidents images
The artist plays with portraiture, a genre that constitutes a quintessence of dignity, careful study and solemnity. He has preferred to modify presidents’ portraits instead of showing scenes from everyday home or office life.