Gdansk City Gallery
The Gdansk City Gallery is a municipal institution of culture comprising three branches: the Gdansk City Gallery 1 (GGM1) in Piwna Street operating since the establishment of the Gallery on March 17, 2009, the Günter Grass Gdansk Gallery (4G) at the corner of Szeroka and Grobla I Streets and the Gdansk City Gallery (GGM2) in Powroznicza Street.
The Gdansk City Gallery is a municipal institution of culture comprising three branches: the Gdansk City Gallery 1 (GGM1) in Piwna Street operating since the establishment of the Gallery on March 17, 2009, the Günter Grass Gdansk Gallery (4G) at the corner of Szeroka and Grobla I Streets and the Gdansk City Gallery (GGM2) in Powroznicza Street.
These three different exhibition spaces serve the need to promote
local artists as well as establish ties with foreign artists and
institutions. The circulation of international art has enriched the
artistic and cultural capacity of Tri-City thanks to the institution’s
involvement in numerous large scale projects, such as: Narracje
– a periodic festival launched three years ago focusing on taking
inter-media art out of the gallery and introducing it into the outer
public space, Art Line – in which the focal point is mutual cooperation between artistic institutions in the Southern Baltic region, and artMuse – an international enterprise promoting audio-visual projects to name just a few.
The profile of 4G results from close cooperation with Günter Grass
in order to promote his literary and artistic oeuvre at his birthplace –
Gdansk. Both polish and keen foreign visitors are familiarized with his
works through regular exhibitions held at the venue. The yearly
Grassomania festival – another GGM project – is the result of the
unfading interest in this Nobel Prize winner. It offers a variety of
highlights, from exhibitions, performances, readings to interactive
projects encouraging the viewer to comprehensively participate in the
cultural life of the city. Apart from the events focused on Günter
Grass, 4G regularly hosts the Gdansk Biennale of Art. The event, being
an open competition enterprise, is aimed ta professional artists in
order to select the most promising, including the youngest generation of
the Academy of Fine Arts graduates.
GGM1 concentrates on cooperation between young Polish and
international artists under the umbrella of the “Dialog” project.
Regular double-exhibits of artists, whose artistic paths had not
previously crossed, in most cases prove the creativity and openness to
discussion among artistic circles of various national backgrounds. The
Gallery familiarizes viewers with the current trends in the artistic
life of Tri-City and Poland by organizing exhibitions of individual
artist’s.
GGM2 is a venue that presented current art trends from abroad. The
exhibitions hosted at the gallery in Powroznicza Street, both group and
individual, allow a broad display of artistic phenomena. The events of
the “Logos-Bios” cycle focus on the gallery as well: the exhibited
sculptures created by Gdansk-based artists or those living in its
surroundings creatively depict the dichotomy of the theme-concepts.
The Gdansk City Gallery is more than an exhibition space. Each
display is accompanied by a series of parallel events directed towards
specific viewers: art school students, children, amateurs of art and
many others. Children of various ages take part in workshops covering
theory and practice, introducing them to many aspects of contemporary
art, the different dimensions of the artist’s job and the activity of
the gallery as such.
Contemporary Art Gallery BWA Tarnów
Biuro Wystaw
Artystycznych (BWA) in Tarnów is a Municipal Cultural Institution of
the city of Tarnów operating in its present form since 1996. It was
established in 1962 as the delegacy of BWA in Krakow (today
Contemporary Art Gallery Bunkier Sztuki). In 1975 it became an
independent institution. The gallery was orginally situated in two
locations: the building on Wałowa Street no.10 known
for its "Sala Lustrzana"
(The Hall Of Mirrors) and apartment house on The Main Square no. 4 in
the Pasaż Tertila (Tertil Passage). In the years 2010-2013 the
gallery was running an an experimental exhibition space in The
Main Railway Station in Tarnów.
Simultaneously a major overhaul of a neo-gothic Pałacyk Strzelecki
(Strzelecki Palace) located in nineteenth-century Strzelecki Park was
carried out. The gallery inaugurated its work in the new building in
May 2013. At present the gallery has two main exhibition spaces: a
space for temporary exhibitions in Strzelecki Palace and The Main
Railway Station with a permanent exhibition presenting works from the
collection of the Małopolska Foundation for Muzeum of Contemporary
Art „Znaki czasu” (Signs of the Times).
The galery is focused on presenting contemporary art – renowned Polish and foreign artists as well as the most interesting phenomenas of young art and local artists from the city of Tarnów. Every year it organises over 30 exhibitions and art events conducted both in the gallery and public space in Tarnów. Numerous of exhibitions produced and displayed in BWA Tarnów are later on presented in other contemporary art galleries in Poland and abroad. Since 2004, every fall, together with Mościce Art Center the gallery organizes interdisciplinary Art Festival - ArtFest - a platform for meetings between artists of different disciplines. As a result local public has the possibility to encounter a vast spectrum of experimental art forms - from exhibitions and concerts to theater performances. In 2011 the Festival took its name after Bogusław Wojtowicz - the long-time director of the gallery and the originator of the Festival.
Moreover, a research programs exploring the contemporary identity of the city and the cultural heritage based on the concepts of modernity of Tarnów and the region are conducted and implemented. The key example of that activity was a project: "Tarnow. 1000 Years of Modernity " recalling the modernist potential of the city of Tarnów and Mościce (2010-2011 www.tarnow1000.pl). On the other hand the project: “OutOf Sight, Out Of Mind. A Cycle Of Exhibition of InternationalContemporary Artists Embracing The Heritage Of Małopolska” was a modern interpretation of four historical themes related to the Małopolska region’s cultural heritage: the youth of Tadeusz Kantor in Tarnów, Zalipie “the painted village”, Romani and Jewish motifs present in the history and culture of the city.
The gallery is also strongly involved in the implementation of a sustainable development of the public space of the city of Tarnow. A city trail "Art andthe City" is a long-term project of the gallery that introduces contemporary art, creates new forms of participation in culture and transforms the city space. Thank to this project, works by renowned artists as Rafał Bujnowski, Maurycy Gomulicki, Łukasz Jastrubczak, Marian Misiak, Wilhelm Sasnal, Stach Szumski, Krystian Truth Czaplicki or Marcin Zarzeka are permanently present in the public space of Tarnów.
The gallery has won numerous awards for its program and is recognized in many nationwide rankings headlines.
The galery is focused on presenting contemporary art – renowned Polish and foreign artists as well as the most interesting phenomenas of young art and local artists from the city of Tarnów. Every year it organises over 30 exhibitions and art events conducted both in the gallery and public space in Tarnów. Numerous of exhibitions produced and displayed in BWA Tarnów are later on presented in other contemporary art galleries in Poland and abroad. Since 2004, every fall, together with Mościce Art Center the gallery organizes interdisciplinary Art Festival - ArtFest - a platform for meetings between artists of different disciplines. As a result local public has the possibility to encounter a vast spectrum of experimental art forms - from exhibitions and concerts to theater performances. In 2011 the Festival took its name after Bogusław Wojtowicz - the long-time director of the gallery and the originator of the Festival.
Moreover, a research programs exploring the contemporary identity of the city and the cultural heritage based on the concepts of modernity of Tarnów and the region are conducted and implemented. The key example of that activity was a project: "Tarnow. 1000 Years of Modernity " recalling the modernist potential of the city of Tarnów and Mościce (2010-2011 www.tarnow1000.pl). On the other hand the project: “OutOf Sight, Out Of Mind. A Cycle Of Exhibition of InternationalContemporary Artists Embracing The Heritage Of Małopolska” was a modern interpretation of four historical themes related to the Małopolska region’s cultural heritage: the youth of Tadeusz Kantor in Tarnów, Zalipie “the painted village”, Romani and Jewish motifs present in the history and culture of the city.
The gallery is also strongly involved in the implementation of a sustainable development of the public space of the city of Tarnow. A city trail "Art andthe City" is a long-term project of the gallery that introduces contemporary art, creates new forms of participation in culture and transforms the city space. Thank to this project, works by renowned artists as Rafał Bujnowski, Maurycy Gomulicki, Łukasz Jastrubczak, Marian Misiak, Wilhelm Sasnal, Stach Szumski, Krystian Truth Czaplicki or Marcin Zarzeka are permanently present in the public space of Tarnów.
The gallery has won numerous awards for its program and is recognized in many nationwide rankings headlines.
Contemporary Art Gallery Bunkier Sztuki
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