This year’s Polish artists are: Tomasz KOPCEWICZ, Jarosław KOZAKIEWICZ, Jarosław KOZŁOWSKI, Wojciech PUŚ, Aleksandra URBAN and Aleksandra WALISZEWSKA.
In addition, Marcin DUDEK, who is exhibiting his work in Brussels from 18 April until 30 May (more information HERE), will also be in attendance at the stand for the gallery Harlan Levey Projects. Please note that Marcin DUDEK will shortly publish his book of art entitled Marcin Dudek X which will be published by the independent publisher MER Paper Kunsthalle, which will also publish a book by Ania SOLIMAN created at the Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp aka MuHKA (more information HERE).
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
>>> Brussels Expo (Heysel) – Room 1 & 3 (Place de Belgique 1, 1020 Brussels)
>>> Preview: Friday 24 April 2015 (on invitation) – 11:00 > 17:00
>>> Vernissage: Friday 24 April 2015 (on invitation) – 17:00 > 22:00
Exhibition – from 25 until 27 April 2015 – 11:00 > 19:00
Nocturne – 25 April 2014 – 19:00 > 22:00
>>> €15 | €10 (groups – min. 10 persons) | €5 (students) || €35 (combi-entrance + catalogue)
Fundacja Profile opened its doors in 2008. Its fields of activity reside in exhibitions, publications, discoveries and education. Its programme tends to be geared around promoting modern art, popularising the latter and informing people about it, especially with respect to visual culture and its tradition in the XXth century, as well as compiling the related archives.
Both established contemporary artists and emerging artists will enjoy their moment in the spotlight during the Fair, with a special focus on the avant-garde tradition of the 1960’s and 1970’s (both in Poland and abroad) and the carrying out of a project based on social issues and their historical and cultural interpretation.
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The LETO Gallery, set up by Marta Kołakowska, was inaugurated in June 2007. In the space of 3 years, it has held no fewer than 30 individual and collective exhibitions. Its activities are rich and diverse: in addition to exhibitions, the gallery is involved in local and international cultural activities and collaborates on numerous artistic publications (notably Droga by Radek Szlaga, Minimal Fetish by Maurycy Gomulicki and Loop by Maciek Stępiński). It also works a great deal with renowned Polish cultural institutions: CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Poznan’s Galeria Miejska Arsenał or Katowice’s Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA.
The gallery’s programme takes in all forms of art and the exhibition curators pay particularly close attention to the works presented: this helps make LETO one of the most visible Polish galleries on the world’s stage.
The gallery regularly participates in art markets: Viennafair (Vienna 2009, 2010), Bridge ArtFair (Berlin, 2008), Art Vilnius (Vilnius, 2009), Artissima 17 (Turin 2010), etc.
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ARTISTS PRESENTED
Tomasz KOPCEWICZ
A visual artist, he works with both painting and video techniques. A graduate of Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts (he graduated in 2003), he studied under professors Włodzimierz Łajming and Witosław Czerwonka. (Take a look at the picture galery)
+++ http://kopcewicz.com/
Jarosław KOZAKIEWICZ
This sculptor and creator of arhictectural projects studied in the sculpture department of Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and at the New York Cooper Union for the Advancement Of Science and Art. In his artistic practices, he references ecology, genetics, physics, astronomy and ancient cosmological conceptions. The winner of many international prizes, he represented Poland at the Xth Venice Architecture Biennale in 2006. (Take a look at the picture galery)
+++ http://culture.pl/pl/tworca/jaroslaw-kozakiewicz
Jarosław KOZŁOWSKI
A graduate of Poznań Academy of Fine Arts, he has taught didactics at his alma mater in the field of drawing and painting since 1967. He is one of the foremost creators of conceptual art and books on art. (Take a look at the picture galery)
+++ http://culture.pl/pl/tworca/jaroslaw-kozlowski
GARDEN / Wojciech PUŚ
This artist works with light and film. His light installations, interactive objects, films and video work look closely at the very idea of cinema and reference phenomena which have their source in nature. Wojciech Puś is a graduate of the Łódź cinema school, (PWSFTViT), where he currently teaches.
+++ www.wojciechpus.com
Aleksandra URBAN
After studying at Wrocław Academy of Fine Arts, Aleksandra Urban was twice the recipient of a grant from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Her art takes us on a very personal journey through the world of memories, the imagination and dreams, to which she lends an entirely original form. The artist often veers into the sacred whilst retaining a kitsch aesthetic.
+++ www.alexurban.pl
Aleksandra WALISZEWSKA
This painter, a graduate of Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, has received several grants from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Her work has been published in both the Polish and foreign press, and some has also been selected to illustrate record covers. Greek director Athina Rachel Tsangari has made a film inspired by her work ‘The Capsule’ (www.thecapsule.info), which Aleksandra Waliszewska co-wrote (she also made a cameo appearance in the film).
+++ www.waliszewska.tumblr.com
Picture gallery
