TIME IS A PIG

The curator took the title for the exhibition from a painting by artist Ryszard Krynski, of the same name. Time, like the titular pig on the scooter of life, follows steadily, without stopping. All that is left for man is to try to fight on the existential chessboard and make the right choices so that he does not regret anything.

The exposition aims to show contemporary problems related to the passage of time: in our psyche (Ryszard Krynski), in the daily struggle between old age and youth (Marian Szajda), in a woman’s room (Rena Wota), in a man’s life (Janusz J. Cywicki), in the story of a house (Piotr Woroniec), in the life of a city (Grazyna Niezgoda). The idea of the presentation focuses on a few selected aspects and develops on the axis: MIND – PEACE – HOME – CITY. Although the theme would seem relatively simple and defined, each of the invited artists interprets this issue in a slightly different, sometimes surprising way.

Curator of the exhibition: Dr. Grażyna Stojak

Art historian and educator, museologist and monument expert. Subcarpathian Regional Conservator of Monuments in Przemyśl. Graduated in 1986 from the Institute of Art History at Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Founder (1992) and first director of the A. Fredro Teacher’s College in Przemyśl. From 2000 to 2008 curator of the Gallery at the Kazimierzowski Castle in Przemyśl, where, among other things, she realized the exhibition “Computer graphics of Z. Beksinski” and ”Photographs and realities of T. Kantor.” Since 1996, she was associated with the National Museum of the Przemysl Region, where she realized several significant exhibitions, including “Class of the Old Time,” for which the Przemysl Museum received the “Sybil 2003” award. In 2005, at the Museum of the History of the City of Przemysl, she restored Bernard Henner’s former turn-of-the-century photographic atelier.

Artists:

Janusz J. Cywicki. Born in Przemyśl. Studied (1972-76) at the Faculty of Painting, Graphics and Sculpture at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznań in the painting studio of Prof. Zdzisław Kępiński and then Prof. Tadeusz Brzozowski, the lithography studio of Prof. Lucjan Mianowski and the studio of knowledge of visual actions and structures of Prof. Antoni Zydroń, where he pursued his own study program. Scholarship holder of the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium at HISK / Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunstem/ Antwerp. Member of the International Print Triennial Association in Cracow and the European Artists Association (EAA) in Germany.

Ryszard Krynski. Born in Krosno in 1950. He lives and works in the Podkarpacie region in Kroscienko Wyżne near Krosno He began his artistic activity in 1976. In 1985 he received a license as a painter from the Ministry of Culture and Art. Since 1995 he has been a member of the Association of Polish Artists. Awards and distinctions: Krosno Biennale of Fine Arts – First Prize, 1985; Third Prize, 1987; Honorable Mention, 1991; Equal Prize, 1995; Award of the Minister of Culture and Art – meritorious cultural activist, 2005; Award of the Mayor of the City of Krosno, 2006.

Grazyna Niezgoda. She received her diploma from the University of Wroclaw in 1971. Photographer, antiquarian, art critic, gallerist, art expert, cultural animator. She has been a member of the Union of Polish Artists Photographers since 1999. She has participated in many group exhibitions and plein-air, interdisciplinary and photographic exhibitions.

Marian Szajda. Born in 1965 in Przemyśl. He graduated from PLSP in Jaroslaw and the Department of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. He received his diploma in 1991 in the atelier of Marian Konieczny. He is involved in sculpture and medal making. He has made several hundred bas-reliefs for Janusz Felczynski’s Bell Foundry, is the author of many monuments, bas-reliefs and commemorative plates, and creates small sculptural forms, medals and portrait plaques.

Piotr Woroniec. Born in Gizycko in 1955. From 1992-1999 he worked as an assistant stage designer at the Kreatur Theater in Berlin The decade between his graduation and work in Germany brought him many awards in non-professional art competitions. He has been a member of the Association of Polish Artists since 1995, and has been running the “Sękowa Gallery” since 2006. In 2001, he received an award from the Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship and the Starost of Brzozow for his lifetime activity in the field of culture and art. He has lived and worked in Brzozow, and currently lives in Sekowa Wola.

Rena Wota. Born in Przemyśl. Member of ZPAMiG (Union of Polish Painters and Graphic Artists) and EAA (European Artists Association) in Germany. Since 1998 she has been working in painting, printmaking and unique textiles, creating objects, installations, realizations in outdoor space, actions and artistic events. Scholarship holder of the President of the City of Przemyśl / 2007.