Avant-Garde Prototypes

Opis

Katarzyna Kobro (1898‐1951) and Władysław Strzemiński (1893‐1952) are key figures in Central European avant‐garde, authors of original artistic concepts which radicalised modernist assumptions on the one hand and transgressed them on the other.

Co‐organised by the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid and the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, the exhibition was meant to popularise the work of these exceptional artists and, as a consequence, to problematize established notions regarding modern art.

They co‐initiated the first exhibition of Polish constructivism (Vilnius, 1923) and co‐founded the most important groups of Polish avant‐garde (“Blok” 1923‐26, “Praesens” 1926‐30, “a.r.” 1929‐36). Kobro and Strzemiński also participated in international art life, maintaining contact with prominent members of European avant‐garde, including Piet Mondrian, Theo Van Doesburg, Georges Vantongerloo, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Hans Arp and Kazimir Malevich. In 1932, they became members of the Paris‐based group “Abstraction‐Creation. The most significant result of the collaboration was the creation of the International Collection of Modern Art of the “a.r.” Group at the Museum of History and Art (later renamed Muzeum Sztuki) that was being established in Łódź. In 1929‐39, works by the most important avant‐garde artists in Europe, including Max Ernst, Fernand Leger, Kurt Schwitters, Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, Theo Van Doesburg, Jean Helion, Hans Arp, Enrico Prampolini and many others, were added to the collection. What makes this initiative unique –all artworks were given to the museum as gifts.

Stan: Lekkie otarcia i zarysowania okładki, stronice czyste, blok spójny