Two artists and two fields of art. Painting and film. Both rebellious. Opposing the times in which they lived and contesting the system that surrounded them. Our latest exhibition “Edward Dwurnik: Portrait from Nature” brings back the memory of the artist’s collaboration with Andrzej Szczygieł, a scriptwriter and director of documentary films who died in 2024. We cordially invite you to the opening, which will take place on Saturday, April 12, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.
At the exhibition, you will see works by Edward Dwurnik from the 1970s and 1980s, showing Poles in the Polish People’s Republic era. The paintings from the series “Chwila”, “Sportowcy”, “Podróże autostopem” and “Robotnicy” created over two decades are characterized by a variety of styles and optics – from wide panoramas to close-ups on the smallest details. This collection is dominated by the human face and the worries of everyday life, and many of these works appear in Andrzej Szczygieł’s documentaries, which we will present during special screenings.
An integral part of the exhibition “Edward Dwurnik: Portrait from Nature” will be thirty unknown photographs by Teresa Gierzyńska, a long-time observer of the cooperation between Dwurnik and Szczygieł, who participated in the creation of the films “Owoce ziemi” and “Polska Nike”. The photographs of the film set taken by the outstanding photographer, although they are of a journalistic nature, bear the characteristics of artistic photography.
The curators of the exhibition “Edward Dwurnik. Portrait from Nature” are Pola Dwurnik and Daniel Ożga. The exhibition will last until May 17.
“Edward Dwurnik: Portrait from Nature”
April 12–May 17, 2025
Opening: April 12 | 3:00–7:00 PM
Finissage: May 17 | 5:00–10:00 PM
Exhibition open:
Tue-Thu | 11:00–6:00 PM
Saturdays: | 04/26 | 05/10 | 05/17 | 11:00–3:00 PM
The exhibition “Edward Dwurnik. Portrait from Nature” is co-financed by the City of Warsaw.