Every September for thirty years art historian Bozena Kowalska organises an international symposium in Poland, inviting concrete-constructive artists. Many artists from all over Europe are invited to these meetings to present their work and take part in various events. Over the years the presence of many important representatives of the European constructivist movement has given prestige to these meetings and exhibitions.
Many of the artists participating in the symposiums are also included in the Modern Gallery - László Vass Collection, such as Italian Getulio Alviani, Swiss Rita Ernst, German Reinhard Roy, Swedish Torsten Ridell, French Yves Popet, Austrian Hellmut Bruch and of course the Poles Ryszard Winiarski, Jerzy Kalucki, Jan Pamula, Andrzej Gieraga.
The international symposium, organised by art historian Bozena Kowalska has a high profile in Europe. The artists invited to it can rightly feel that this is a kind of professional recognition. In recent years the meetings have been held in the Radziejowice Castle near Warsaw, in the House of Polish Artists. In addition to the living classics, young artists from the constructive-concrete tradition, such as the four young artists who are now making their debut in Veszprém also take part in the symposia.
The title of the exhibition in Veszprém is "Polska Linia", indicating that this visual element is the main focus of the four exhibitors. In the work of early representatives of modern Polish geometric art, such as Wladislaw Strzeminski, Henryk Stazewski and Waclaw Szpakowski, we can see the importance of the LINE as a constituent element of the image. The artists exhibiting at the Csikász Gallery follow this tradition of emphasising the role of the LINE with different approaches.
Michal Misiak's (1973)
creative method is similar to a meditation. His pictures are full of movement, illusionistic spatial effects. It is no accident that he is interested in experimental cinema, film and video.
Lukasz Leszczynski (1981)
with subtle signage in his paintings creates a line - space - form relationship that is started and then further thought by the viewer. They can give the viewer the opportunity to see the path the artist has taken from reality to transcendence.
Anna Szprynger (1982)
is characterized by line structures with rhythmic alternations. With this painting technique she is able to create very sensitive spatial effects. Her free hand brushstrokes give her a sense of originality that gives her a distinct character.
Olga Zabron's (1985)
painting is full of energy. "The energy of the picture, the image of energy", the artist writes in a catalogue about her creative principle. Olga Zabron's paintings, her compositions reminiscent of magnetic lines of force demonstrate this artistic programme.
We thank the Polish Institute of Budapest and the Platán Gallery for their support.
