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Having a talk over a carp. Just for fun.

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Having a talk over a carp. Just for fun.
Or: Still life with carp

Isn’t carp supposed to be grey?

It’s a special Christmas carp and a New Year’s goldfish. Two in one.

Have you ever seen one like that?

Carp tend to stay away from me.

But you’ve just painted a still life with a carp. Although the carp looks more active than still really.

It’s my first carp and it’s on the plate. And carp generally look much better in the water, swimming.

And as for the one on the plate, it would be…

It’s not carp that I like most but fish soup actually. And I do not associate the best fish soup with Christmas Eve, but with my trips to Hungary where they cook the best Halászlé. And this year for Christmas Eve I am hoping for some shrimps.

MCz was talking to Krzysztof Kokoryn

'We'll kiss each other's lips'

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The exhibition of paintings by Katarzyna Swinarska entitled “Pocałujmy się w usta” ('We'll kiss each other's lips')

The exhibition of paintings by Katarzyna Swinarska entitled “Pocałujmy się w usta” ('We'll kiss each other's lips') touches upon the issues of street sensitivity and romanticism: film characters, people from billboards and graffiti on flaky walls – is this not what shapes our dreams and desires?. The title of the exhibition comes from the poem by Halina Poświatowka 'Eternal FInale'.

ETERNAL FINALE

I’ve been promising paradise
but it’s not the truth
for I’ll lead you into hell
into redness – into pain

we won’t stroll through blissful gardens
nor peek through cracks
to watch peonies and hyacinths blossom –
what we’ll do is lie on the ground
by the gates of the devil’s palace

like angels we’ll flutter
our wings of darkened syllables
and sing a song
of simple human love

in the glimmer of light
seeping in from there
we’ll kiss each other’s lips
whisper goodnight
fall asleep

in the morning – a guard will chase us
from a battered park bench
and with a horrid laugh
point – at an apple core
by the roots of the tree

(Translated by Maya Peretz)

I met a friend…

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The day on the beaches of Miami. The night in jazz clubs. Strong cocktails and a total blast. Darek Pala and Szymon Parafiniak meet at an exhibition at the Café Kulturalna.

Both are from Częstochowa and both are graphic art graduates from Krakow’s ASP. Seemingly this is where the similarities end. Pala is a fanatic of light and color. The world in his paintings is juicy like exotic fruit which he paints so eagerly, saturated with Florida sunshine, full of people immersed in the sky-blue tint of the ocean or a pool. He uses his favorite motifs – simple, single vases, beaches covered with striped towels. The allure of a carefree life, a siesta, sensuality. However, he still searches for new forms, experiments with abstraction, variety, moments of hesitation.

Parafiniak is a musical maniac – present at concerts, a friend of jazz artists. He has gone through periods of fascination from The Doors and punk rock to Miles Davis and Keith Jarrett. Music permeates his art – he designs album covers, posters. It was this fascination that led to the emergence of an idea to create a series of portraits of jazz personalities where he connects cold pop-art with emotional involvement. The explicit lines applied therein express a dynamic nature of these works whose white backgrounds are rather quiet and ascetic.

One shall not succumb to the catastrophism of renovations though – we still can be reached

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Krakowskie Przedmieście, the artery which used to guarantee treacle of clients for the ART gallery is currently under construction. The view in front of the gallery is a bit surreal. Construction site or Verdun battlefield?

One shall not succumb to the catastrophism of renovations though – we still can be reached. You can park your car in the following streets: ul. Ossolińskich, ul. Trębacka or in front of the Bristol Hotel and then walk the final stretch. There are special pathways in place for pedestrians and in some placed the granite pavement has already been laid. It will be beautiful. And for the time being we have a reward for those of you who are ready to sacrifice for art and get their shoes dirty: Buy one painting, get the second one half price. This special offer lasts until the Trakt Królewski renovation is over.

In the meantime, in the foyer of the Holland Park apartment building at 17 Książęca Street there is an exhibition of Rafal Kostrzewa’s paintings. Please see the photographs below:

In October we had a show of Małgorzata Jastrzębska’s paintings in Café Kulturalna at the Teatr Dramatyczny. This was a first few canvases painted for the exhibition at the ART gallery. Jastrzębska is our latest ‘discovery’. A full series of those paintings will be shown at the ART gallery in two months. For the time being please see the photographs from Café Kulturalna:

January is a month for doing inventories. Therefore we would like to show you an inventory – a spiritual, artistic one. The ART gallery will have an exhibition of Jolanta Wagner’s drawings entitled The Inventory. Had you enjoyed Peter Greenway’s film, The Draughtsman’s Contract, you will instantly understand what Jolanta Wagner’s drawings are about.

You can also see the best pieces recently acquired by the ART gallery – by Kokoryn, Patrzyk, Kasprzyk, Łydżba…