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On 24, March, at the Museum of the City of Łódź, you will have an opportunity to meet Prof. Janusz Zagrodzki, the author of "Rebellious Artists. Modern Art of the 20th Century in Industrial Łódź"
The launch will take place on Friday, March 24, from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm, in the Hall of Mirrors of the Museum of the City of Łódź. It will be hosted by Dr. Tomasz Załuski – an art historian and philosopher from the Institute of Contemporary Culture at the University of Lodz.
Professor Janusz Zagrodzki is a man of many talents and achievements. He is an artist, art critic, exhibition curator and a scientist. He co-founded the independent artistic movement of the 1970s and 1980s. He took part in plein-airs in Osieki and in the activities of the Film Form Workshop today recognized as a classic of the Polish avant-garde opposing the restrictions of the People's Republic of Poland. He worked in the famous Łódź Museum. He founded and ran Ślad Gallery. A long-time professor at the Film School in Łódź. He is also the author of many books and articles about Polish contemporary art.
The first volume of "Rebellious Artists" tells about Łódź artists of the first half of the 20th century. The unique atmosphere of Łódź at that time resulted from its multiculturalism as well as its unusual architecture, where fragments of an old Polish settlement intertwined with an almost medieval Jewish ghetto and colonies of German settlers. The city was dominated by great fortresses of industry and manufacturers' palaces in all possible styles, from Gothic and Renaissance to Baroque and Classicism. The "Łódź avant-garde" is often identified with the work of artists from the turn of the 1920s and 1930s. However, the activity of artists from the beginning of the century, such as Samuel Hirszenberg, Leopold Pilichowski and Henryk Glicenstein, as well as the artists of the next generation active in the second decade of the 20th century such as Jankiel Adler, Wincenty Brauner or Marek Szwarc, who referred to expressionism in various ways, was also of great importance for this trend. Łódź also had a futurist painter, Konstanty Mackiewicz, who, after coming from Russia, influenced the artistic expression of the Łódź theatre, developing sets designs for, among others, Witkacy's dramas. The most famous Łódź artists of the interwar period: Karol Hiller, Władysław Strzemiński and Katarzyna Kobro do not require any further recommendation. However, this publication also allows us to find out about the circle of the Łódź avant-garde magazine "Forms" including Stefan Wegner, Aniela Menkes, Bolesław Hochlinger, and representatives of the youngest generation of the 1930s: Julian Lewin and Samuel Szczekacz.
The second volume of "Rebellious Artists" presents the next stage of the development of the Łódź avant-garde from the end of World War II to 1989. It is therefore a presentation of a unique combination of artistic experiments with the fight for freedom of expression. The spirit of the "rebellious" found its fullest expression in the uprising of Solidarity and led to the creation of independent Poland, and at the same time enabled many "rebellious artists" to have an equal presence in world art.
Materials: Lodz Film School Publishing House
The Museum of the City of Lodz is a co-organizer of the event.
Professor Janusz Zagrodzki is a man of many talents and achievements. He is an artist, art critic, exhibition curator and a scientist. He co-founded the independent artistic movement of the 1970s and 1980s. He took part in plein-airs in Osieki and in the activities of the Film Form Workshop today recognized as a classic of the Polish avant-garde opposing the restrictions of the People's Republic of Poland. He worked in the famous Łódź Museum. He founded and ran Ślad Gallery. A long-time professor at the Film School in Łódź. He is also the author of many books and articles about Polish contemporary art.
The first volume of "Rebellious Artists" tells about Łódź artists of the first half of the 20th century. The unique atmosphere of Łódź at that time resulted from its multiculturalism as well as its unusual architecture, where fragments of an old Polish settlement intertwined with an almost medieval Jewish ghetto and colonies of German settlers. The city was dominated by great fortresses of industry and manufacturers' palaces in all possible styles, from Gothic and Renaissance to Baroque and Classicism. The "Łódź avant-garde" is often identified with the work of artists from the turn of the 1920s and 1930s. However, the activity of artists from the beginning of the century, such as Samuel Hirszenberg, Leopold Pilichowski and Henryk Glicenstein, as well as the artists of the next generation active in the second decade of the 20th century such as Jankiel Adler, Wincenty Brauner or Marek Szwarc, who referred to expressionism in various ways, was also of great importance for this trend. Łódź also had a futurist painter, Konstanty Mackiewicz, who, after coming from Russia, influenced the artistic expression of the Łódź theatre, developing sets designs for, among others, Witkacy's dramas. The most famous Łódź artists of the interwar period: Karol Hiller, Władysław Strzemiński and Katarzyna Kobro do not require any further recommendation. However, this publication also allows us to find out about the circle of the Łódź avant-garde magazine "Forms" including Stefan Wegner, Aniela Menkes, Bolesław Hochlinger, and representatives of the youngest generation of the 1930s: Julian Lewin and Samuel Szczekacz.
The second volume of "Rebellious Artists" presents the next stage of the development of the Łódź avant-garde from the end of World War II to 1989. It is therefore a presentation of a unique combination of artistic experiments with the fight for freedom of expression. The spirit of the "rebellious" found its fullest expression in the uprising of Solidarity and led to the creation of independent Poland, and at the same time enabled many "rebellious artists" to have an equal presence in world art.
Materials: Lodz Film School Publishing House
The Museum of the City of Lodz is a co-organizer of the event.