18 April - 22 June 2003

The exhibition will feature 27 works by 19 Polish artists. The sculptures on display were created between 1946 and 2001. The theme of the works is portraiture and the human figure.

Authors of the sculptures (in alphabetical order): Wiktor Gajda, Jerzy Grygorczuk, Krystyn Jarnuszkiewicz, Alfons Karny, Jolanta Kłyszcz de Kentros, Katarzyna Kobro, Jan Kucz, Tadeusz Łodziana, Irena Molin – Sowa, Andrzej Pawłowski, Antoni Janusz Pastwa, Adam Procki, Adolf Ryszka, Edward Sitek, Franciszek Strynkiewicz, Jan Tkaczuk, Jacek Waltoś, Mieczysław Welter, Antonina Wysocka – Jończak.

The aim of the ‘Man – Transformations of Form’ exhibition is to show the stylistic and formal transformations taking place in Polish sculpture, the subject of which is the portrait and the human figure. The exhibition presents works ranging from classical representations by Alfons Karny and Franciszek Strynkiewicz, which are an attempt at a psychological characterisation of the model, to
neo-expressionist works by Wiktor Gajda, to the abstract forms of Krystyna Jarnuszkiewicz. This is just a selection from the multitude of representations. – writes J. Pajek, the exhibition curator, in the catalogue.