6th National Exhibition of Young Painters and 7th Eugeniusz Geppert Competition
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BWA Wrocław - Galleries of Contemporaty Art
www.bwa.wroc.pl
tel. (+48 71) 790 25 86, 71 790 25 81
e-mail: info@bwa.wroc.pl
Gallery Awangarda, 32 Wita Stwosza street
the exhibition is open from 7th until 20th of October 2005
Opening and the Announcement of the Winners of the 7th Geppert Competition:
6th of October, 2005 at 6.00 p.m.
Organizers: Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw and BWA Wroclaw - Galleries of Contemporary Art
Contact: Anna Mitu, general curator/ Waldemar Kuczma, exhibition organizer
Eugeniusz Geppert Competition and National Exhibition of Young Painters has for 15 years been one of the most important features of the young painting in Poland. Since its foundation in 1989, the aim of the competition is promoting of new trends in painting and presentation of the most interesting emerging artists on this field.
The competition is organized by the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw and BWA Wroclaw - Galleries of Contemporary Art. The entry is limited to 24 artists invited by a group of curators from the major Polish art galleries, which this year includes:
Jolanta Ciesielska, Critic, Art Historian, Exhibitions Curator, lives and works in Łód
Karolina Grabowicz, Curator of contemporary art exhibitions, works in CSW Łaznia, Gdańsk
Mariusz Jodko, Director of Entropia Gallery, Wrocław
Marek Krajewski, Art Socjologist, from 1998 until 2003 Curator of the "Galeria zewnętrzna AMS" {AMS Outside Gallery}, works at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Agata Smalcerz, Art Historian, Exhibitions Curator, Director of the Bielska Gallery, Bielsko Biała
Magdalena Ujma, Art Historian, Curator of the Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Cracov
Hanna Wróblewska, Art Historian, Vice Director of Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Tomasz Zawadzki, Professor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
the Judging Panel:
Anda Rottenberg, Art Historian, Curator, former Director of Warsaw's Zacheta Contemporary Art Gallery
Waldemar Okoń, Art Historian, Professor and Director of Art History Institute at the University of Wrocław
William Hollister (USA/CZ), Art Critic, editor of english version of the contemporary art magazine "Umelec"
Susanne Altmann (D), Art Historian, Critic and exhibition curator, contributor of the "ART" magazine
Krzysztof Skarbek, painter, Professor of Fine Art Academy in Wrocław
The exhibition is a part of the Lower Silesian Art Festival
The Exhibition and Competition held under the patronage of the President of Wrocław and the Marshal of Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
The project is co-financed by the Municipalty of Wroclaw >>>www.wroclaw.pl
and Marshal's Office of Lower Silesian Voivodeship.