Ballads about places. Post-exhibition of the works of artists participating in the “Painter's Wanderings in the District” organized by the Stalowa Wola District.

Since 2017, with a break during the pandemic, there have been periodic plein-air painting events initiated and organized by the District Office in Stalowa Wola. This is an event that attracts both local artists and painters from other regions of Poland. This year’s plein-air took place June 22-30, and was attended by: Edyta Banasiak-Nawracaj (Stalowa Wola), Krzysztof Czerwiak (Stalowa Wola), Danuta Gaweł (Krzeszów), Kazimierz Hamada (Cracow), Katarzyna Kobylarz-Tomaszewska (Nowa Dęba), Ryszard Kochan (Stalowa Wola), Anna Kossakowska (Warsaw), Jacek Kosminski (Kazimierz Dolny), Jadwiga Kukula (Stalowa Wola), Sylwia Lis-Persona (Lublin), Maria Wiktoria Mostek (Rudna Wielka), Antoni Paprotny (Cracow), Michal Potaczala (Nisko) and Grzegorz Wójcik (Tarnobrzeg).

The title “Ballads about places” are images of the reality that surrounds us, but shown differently, passed through the prism of painterly sensitivity. The plein-air paintings are full of nostalgia and longing for the past. They show places close to us, familiar, but at the same time mysterious and undiscovered, because they hide stories and tales that we have to add ourselves. The ghosts of the past are visible mainly in the architectural themes; the element of vanitas is mixed here with the triumph of nature, which always wins over man.

The opening of the exhibition on Sunday, September 29 at 4 pm at the main office of the Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola.

The exhibition is available until November 11, 2024.

Organizer: Stalowa Wola County

Co-organizer: Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola

Project Coordinator: Ewelina Gul

Coordinator of the exhibition at MR: Wioletta Nawrocka