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Polish art in London
'The Impossible Theatre' is the title of an exhibition which presents the ground-breaking work of the late Polish painter and theatre director Tadeusz Kantor. On display are drawings, props and films documenting some of his major theatre productions. His work is shown alongside that of younger Polish artists such as Atthamer, Kozyra, Zmijewski and Kusmirowski, all of whom have in way or another followed in the footsteps of Kantor. For the London show Kusmirowski has made a replica of an empty classroom, inspired by Kantor's successful play The Dead Class.
Exhibition curator David Sladen hopes the event will attract crowds of visitors. Kantor is one of the giants of 20th-century theatre and the theatre community will be fascinated to find out more about him, I think people in London are less aware about the visual arts activities in which he took part and I'm sure another audience will find this aspect fascinating. And then, another audience will come to see the contemporary artists who are in the show, artists whose work seems to reflect on some of the ideas that Kantor thought about. It also seems to us that a lot of younger artists in London are interested at the moment in performance. Contemporary Polish art has not been shown enough in London and it is of real international quality. I'm sure that many people would be interested to see what contemporary artists have been doing in Poland.
Tadeusz Kantor was the founder of the experimental theatre Cricot 2 which became world famous in the 1970s and 80s. The London exhibition documenting his work and also featuring several young Polish artists will be on at the Barbican Centre till the middle of April. Till the end of this week, the Barbican Centre is the venue of performances by Poland's Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices. Founded in the late 1970s in a small village in eastern Poland, it has grown into an internationally-renowned experimental company. The most characteristic aspect of Gardzienice is its exploration of the cultures and folk traditions of various ethnic groups. In recent years the company has been interested in ancient Greece as a source of European culture. The show presented in London is a double bill consisting of Electra by Eurypides and The Golden Ass by Apuleius. Directed by the Gardzienice founder Wlodzimierz Staniewski, the show combines chanting, song, dance and gesture, and makes a lasting impression.
www.radio.com.pl/polonia/article.asp?tId=32796&j=2
Polish art in London
'The Impossible Theatre' is the title of an exhibition which presents the ground-breaking work of the late Polish painter and theatre director Tadeusz Kantor. On display are drawings, props and films documenting some of his major theatre productions. His work is shown alongside that of younger Polish artists such as Atthamer, Kozyra, Zmijewski and Kusmirowski, all of whom have in way or another followed in the footsteps of Kantor. For the London show Kusmirowski has made a replica of an empty classroom, inspired by Kantor's successful play The Dead Class.
Exhibition curator David Sladen hopes the event will attract crowds of visitors. Kantor is one of the giants of 20th-century theatre and the theatre community will be fascinated to find out more about him, I think people in London are less aware about the visual arts activities in which he took part and I'm sure another audience will find this aspect fascinating. And then, another audience will come to see the contemporary artists who are in the show, artists whose work seems to reflect on some of the ideas that Kantor thought about. It also seems to us that a lot of younger artists in London are interested at the moment in performance. Contemporary Polish art has not been shown enough in London and it is of real international quality. I'm sure that many people would be interested to see what contemporary artists have been doing in Poland.
Tadeusz Kantor was the founder of the experimental theatre Cricot 2 which became world famous in the 1970s and 80s. The London exhibition documenting his work and also featuring several young Polish artists will be on at the Barbican Centre till the middle of April. Till the end of this week, the Barbican Centre is the venue of performances by Poland's Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices. Founded in the late 1970s in a small village in eastern Poland, it has grown into an internationally-renowned experimental company. The most characteristic aspect of Gardzienice is its exploration of the cultures and folk traditions of various ethnic groups. In recent years the company has been interested in ancient Greece as a source of European culture. The show presented in London is a double bill consisting of Electra by Eurypides and The Golden Ass by Apuleius. Directed by the Gardzienice founder Wlodzimierz Staniewski, the show combines chanting, song, dance and gesture, and makes a lasting impression.
