choosing to Wilanow Palace for an exhibition of photographs from the collections of the twentieth century, Cezary Pieczyński subconsciously I was thinking about the title ( Sleep capital), and in fact the title of the cycle, which commences just that show. The exhibition consists of with over three hundred works, which I think is not without reason have been divided thematically, as opposed to the chronological division, for example, highlighted the potential of greatly in private collections and creative element of the compilation (in the right direction oscillated supposed to accompany me to the escapade to the Orangery). The apparent inconsistency of the exhibition complex from the collections of the Poznan collector stimulates reflection, especially since most of the artistry of the works presented at the nadgryzienia is resistant to the passing of time, but well worth paying attention to the conventions and historical backgrounds of individual photographs, because what at first glance may seem secondary, or in quotation marks already seen, had once been searching through the experiment, or even something like a pioneer par excellence, for example, Animal Locomotion and the Human Figure Eadweard Muybridge. Another compilation of the characteristics of the first reads dormant Capital is that it juxtaposes works by famous photographers, and even the classics with the work of a niche or even anonymous artists. It is worth to remember / know that these photographs are most unique legacy because the bulk of the film, which was probably caused by lost forever. Despite the positive experience he had learned in the Orangery, the organizers would like to point out the sleeping Capital three gaffes: really bad lighting photography, then, that the thematic division of work was not properly marked (you may know about it only from the directory, which is associated with the purchase expense thirty zlotys) and anemic information about it (anyone seen any billboards, posters or flyers?).
The diversity and size
ekspozyji makes it impossible to deal with any more of the photos - they are fighting for our attention. For me this came out victorious battles, for example, the work of Natalia Lach-Lachowicz ( Consumer Arts, 1974) and Bobby Grossman ( Warhol Corn Flakes, 1978), both are sort of a nod to look at art through the eyes of Andy Warhol, give artistic operations rank as prosaic as eating cereal or eating a banana dripping with eroticism. Subsequent photographs, which have managed to come to my attention the longer the daring acts, for example, captured by Frantisek Drtikola and Heinz'a Hajek-Halke'aw around the thirties of last century. In my opinion it's worth looking to be one of the first images of art made by Paul Strand (see for them, we New York the second decade of the twentieth century) and later to jump by twenty years into the future and reflect on the photograph Atlas, taken by Josef Drahomír Ružička (in some ways reminiscent of the classic work.) The exhibition will last until the end of October, I think everyone can wake up (for personal use) one of its fragments.
Frantisek Drtikol, Act, 1929
Lev Borodulin, You are in the army , 1977
