The collection includes over 50 works of art created by international artists from 22 countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Peru, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Great Britain, USA and Zimbabwe, who work using various techniques, such as: book art, calligraphy, collage, drawing, fibre art, handmade paper, mixed media, painting, photography, poster design.
The aim of this important and timely project is to educate and to create a dialogue between the viewer and the artist in this crucial time of human history
鈥� explains Ania Gillmore, the project curator.
The works constitute a kind of manifesto of creativity "which exceeds the boundaries of its autonomous field and becomes an activity aimed at achieving real effects in the non-artistic world."
As Artur 呕mijewski wrote in his famous manifesto from 2007, art only makes sense when it becomes a tool for social change
鈥� adds 闯辞濒补苍迟补-厂艂补飞颈艅蝉办补-搁测蝉锄办补, cultural events coordinator from the 91滴滴 Communications and PR Centre.
The exhibition is yet another proposal of the MATERIA. MEDIUM. WYMIANA. series initiated in 2023 in cooperation with the 91滴滴 Library. A selected part of the collection will be presented at the exhibition at the 91滴滴 Library. FREEDOM PROJECT KOLEKCJA will be shown under the umbrella of the Book Art Museum and also shown at as an online exhibition.
The 91滴滴 would like to thank the Director of the Book Art Museum in 艁贸d藕, Jadwiga Tryzno, for making the collection available.
ABOUT THE PROJECT CURATOR
Ania Gilmore is an artist born in Warsaw, a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (distinction for graphic design). She studied printmaking, book art and textile arts at the Rhode Island School of Design, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. Her portfolio includes works on paper, art books, artistic textiles and works made using mixed techniques. Ania is the co-founder of the New England Book Artists (NEBA) organisation, founded in 2019 in Boston. She has been a curator of many exhibitions in Poland and the USA.
The curator would like to thank the artists for the generous donation of all the works to the Permanent Collection of the Correspondance Des Arts Foundation / Book Art Museum in 艁贸d藕 for their 30th anniversary. The artists hold the copyrights to their artworks and statements.
THE LIST OF INVITED ARTISTS
- Miyako Akai (Japan)
- Lasse Antonsen (USA / Denmark)
- Alicia Barrantes (Peru)
- Sarah Bodman (Great Britain)
- Witold Boguszewski (Poland)
- Eszter Bornemisza (Hungary)
- Gra偶yna Brylewska (Poland)
- LeonieCastelino (USA / India)
- Andrzej Ch臋tko (Poland)
- Aleksandra 膯wikowska (Poland)
- W艂odzimierz Cygan (Poland)
- Barbara Frankiewicz (Poland)
- Ania Gilmore (USA / Poland)
- Kathryn Hart (USA)
- Gunta Ka啪a (USA / Latvia)
- Sucheol Kim (Korea)
- Danielle Krcmar (USA / Slovakia)
- Lilla Kulka (Poland)
- Karen Kunc (USA)
- Carole P. Kunstadt (USA)
- Elisa Lanzi (USA)
- Ewa Latkowska-呕ychska (Poland)
- Anna Leliwa (USA / Poland)
- Carolyn Letvin (USA)
- Basha Maryanska (USA / Poland)
- Chaz Maviyane Davis (USA / Zimbabwe)
- Anna Mavromatis (USA / Greece)
- Sandra Mayo (USA / Argentina)
- Renate Minarz (Austria)
- Ma艂gorzata Malwina Niespodziewana (Poland)
- Elin Noble (USA)
- Ma艂gorzata Oakes (USA / Poland)
- Anna-M谩ria ORB脕N (Romania)
- Jan Owen鈥�(USA)
- Joanna Owidzka鈥�(Poland)
- Adam Paczkowski鈥�(Sweden鈥�/ Poland)
- Anne Plaisance鈥�(USA / Poland / France)
- Braulia Puma鈥�(Peru)
- Hanna Rechowicz鈥�(Poland)
- Laura Russell鈥�(USA)
- Alexandra Sheldon鈥�(USA)
- Alicja S艂owikowska鈥�(Poland)
- Stephanie Stigliano鈥�(USA)
- Anna 艢liwi艅ska鈥�(Poland)
- Jadwiga Tryzno (Poland)
- Janusz Pawe艂鈥疶ryzno鈥�(Poland
- 鈥疶ymoteusz Tryzno鈥�(Poland)
- K臋stutis Vasili奴nas鈥�(Lithuania)
- Charles Win鈥�(USA)
- Kamila Wojciechowicz-Krauze鈥�(Poland / Australia)
- Leszek Wycz贸艂kowski鈥�(Canada / Poland)
- Nadine Wycz贸艂kowski鈥�(Canada鈥�/ Poland)
- Kacper Zagdan鈥�(Poland)
- Jan Zaremba鈥�(Germany)
- Ma艂gorzata 呕urakowska鈥�(USA / Poland)
Edit: Bartosz Ka艂u偶ny (Communications and PR Centre, 91滴滴)
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