The Wild West: A History of Wroc艂aw鈥檚 Avant-Garde
An exhibition organised by Wroc艂aw Contemporary Museum (Muzeum Wsp贸艂czesne Wroc艂aw) held as a part of the European Capital of Culture Wroc艂aw 2016 program.
Wroc艂aw is a city in western Poland. Before the end of World War II the city, with a population of one million, was called Breslau and belonged to the Third Reich. In 1945 the Red Army approached the city, which was turned into Festung Breslau; by the end of the siege of three months, it was nearly razed to the ground. Wroc艂aw became part of the so-called Recovered Territories, regions of Poland that previously were populated by Germans; rebuilding the city took decades.
Out in these fascinating wild fields situated at the edge of a communist country where various cultures met, in a spirit of freedom and independence, artists have created their own original microcosm with bold experiments and international cooperation with partners from both sides of the Iron Curtain at its heart.
The exhibition presents works of art, films, documentary photographs, objects d鈥檃rt, and recordings鈥攏early 500 works of visual arts, architecture, urbanism, theatre, film, design, and everyday life of Wroc艂aw since the 1960s until the present.
The exhibition Wild West. A History of Wroc艂aw鈥檚 Avant-Garde is not a story about the art of Wroc艂aw. It is a story about this special city, seen through art created there. It is a story about a city with gothic church towers, buildings designed by Max Berg, Hans Poelzig, Erich Mendelsohn, or Hans Scharoun, where the newly arriving Poles have brought new values and most of all, new life.
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An exhibition organised by Wroc艂aw Contemporary Museum (Muzeum Wsp贸艂czesne Wroc艂aw) held as a part of the European Capital of Culture Wroc艂aw 2016 program.
Wroc艂aw is a city in western Poland. Before the end of World War II the city, with a population of one million, was called Breslau and belonged to the Third Reich. In 1945 the Red Army approached the city, which was turned into Festung Breslau; by the end of the siege of three months, it was nearly razed to the ground. Wroc艂aw became part of the so-called Recovered Territories, regions of Poland that previously were populated by Germans; rebuilding the city took decades.
Out in these fascinating wild fields situated at the edge of a communist country where various cultures met, in a spirit of freedom and independence, artists have created their own original microcosm with bold experiments and international cooperation with partners from both sides of the Iron Curtain at its heart.
The exhibition presents works of art, films, documentary photographs, objects d鈥檃rt, and recordings鈥攏early 500 works of visual arts, architecture, urbanism, theatre, film, design, and everyday life of Wroc艂aw since the 1960s until the present.
The exhibition Wild West. A History of Wroc艂aw鈥檚 Avant-Garde is not a story about the art of Wroc艂aw. It is a story about this special city, seen through art created there. It is a story about a city with gothic church towers, buildings designed by Max Berg, Hans Poelzig, Erich Mendelsohn, or Hans Scharoun, where the newly arriving Poles have brought new values and most of all, new life.
Artists on show
- Adam Wawrzyniak
- Alexander Sikora
- Allan Sekula
- Andrzej Lachowicz
- Andrzej Sapija
- Andrzej Stoga
- Anna Kutera
- Anna P艂otnicka
- Antoni Dzieduszycki
- Arkadiusz Marczy艅ski
- Artur Go艂acki
- Barbara Koz艂owska
- Bogdan Konopka
- Bogus艂aw Michnik
- Bo偶ena Grzyb-Jarodzka
- Bronis艂aw Szubzda
- Carolee Schneemann
- Cezary Chrzanowski
- Daniel Malone
- Dariusz Brygier
- Dóra Maurer
- Endre Tót
- Ernest Fort
- Eugeniusz Get-Stankiewicz
- Eugeniusz Smoli艅ski
- Ewa Ciepielewska
- Gábor Attalai
- Géza Perneczky
- Grzegorz Królikiewicz
- Halina Litwiniec
- Henryk Stazewski
- Hervé Fischer
- Jacek Lalak
- Jan Chwa艂czyk
- Jan Jaromir Aleksiun
- Jan Sawka
- Jean Marie Drot
- Jerzy Czerniawski
- Jerzy Kosa艂ka
- Jerzy Ludwi艅ski
- Kama Sokolnicka
- Karel Miller
- Karol Radziszewski
- Karolina Freino
- Katarzyna Chierowska
- Koji Kamoji
- Krystyna Stoga
- Krzysztof M. Bednarski
- Krzysztof Skarbek
- Krzysztof Wa艂aszek
- Krzysztof Zar臋bski
- László Beke
- Lech Mro偶ek
- Ma艂gorzata Kazimierczak
- Ma艂gorzata Potocka
- Marianna Bocian
- Marlena Kudlicka
- Marzenna Kosi艅ska
- Michael James Aleck Snow
- Micha艂 Diament
- Miroljub Todorovi膰
- Miros艂aw Emil Koch
- Natalia Lach-Lachowicz
- Nicolas Grospierre
- Olaf Brzeski
- Olga Lewicka
- Opal L. Nations
- Oskar Hansen
- Paolo Barrile
- Paul Woodrow
- Pawe艂 Czepu艂kowski
- Pawel Jarodzki
- Petr 艩tembera
- Pierre Vandrepote
- Piotr Lachman
- Piotr Wieczorek
- Rafa艂 Jakubowicz
- Rineke Dijkstra
- Robert Rehfeldt
- Robin Crozier
- Roel Backaert
- Roland Nicolaus
- Romuald Kutera
- Ryszard Wojty艂艂o
- Stanis艂aw Antosz
- Suzy Lake
- Tadeusz Kantor
- Tadeusz Rolke
- Tomasz Szwed
- Torgeir Wethal
- Wac艂aw Ropiecki
- Wanda Go艂kowska
- Wies艂aw S膮siadek
- Witold Lipi艅ski
- Witold Liszkowski
- W艂odzimierz Borowski
- Zbigniew D艂ubak
- Zbigniew Gostomski
- Zbigniew Libera
- Zbigniew Makarewicz
- Zdzis艂aw Jurkiewicz
- Zdzis艂aw Sosnowski
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