Slawek Iwanski - Posters - Exhibition opening

Slawek Iwanski - Posters - Exhibition opening

Join us for the opening of Slawek Iwanski's poster exhibition at The Kosciuszko Foundation. Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of captivating designs by an established artist from Poland. This in-person event promises to be a feast for the eyes! Don't miss out on the chance to witness the creativity of this talented artist up close. Mark your calendars, and invite your friends for a memorable evening celebrating art and culture.

The exhibition will feature over 40 works designed by Slawomir Iwanski, each reflecting his unique artistic vision, rooted not only in the traditions of pre- and postwar Lodz avant-garde but also inspired by the most radical 20th-century world art trends, such as constructivism, Bauhaus, and the De Stijl group.

Iwanski’s first poster from 1993, dedicated to Wladyslaw Strzeminski, was made up of letters from the alphabet designed by Strzeminski. The visual appeal of the unusual lettering turned out to be an inspiration for many of Iwanski's future works. The objects of Slawomir Iwanski's other posters were Katarzyna Kobro (1994), Wassily Kandinsky (1996), de Stijl furniture (1997), and Bauhaus (1999). The principles of rational design based mainly on typography became the artist's signature style. Meanwhile, he also created a series dedicated to Shakespeare's texts.

Sławomir Iwański was born in 1947 in Sieradz. He studied at the Faculty of Graphics and Painting at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Łódź; currently the Władysław Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź.

In the years 1978-2017, he worked at his alma mater. Since 1991, he has led the Studio of Spatial Graphics and Poster Design. In 1990-1996, he served as vice-rector of the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Łódź for two terms, and in 1997, he obtained the academic title of professor in art. Since 1997, he has been working at the Faculty of Cinematography and Television Production at the L. Schiller State Higher School of Film, Television, and Theatre in Łódź, where he runs the Studio of Film Image Plasticity. In parallel with his teaching activities, he has been involved in graphic design for many years. In addition to posters, his artistic achievements include many projects in the field of visual identification, designs of graphic signs, packaging, and numerous graphic designs for books, albums, and catalogs.

He has designed for, among others: the National Museum in Poznań, the Museum of Art in Łódź, the Municipal Art Gallery in Łódź, the Blok Gallery and the Kobro Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, the BLOK Gallery in Łódź, the Opus Film Gallery in Łódź, the Łódź Publishing House, the PWSFTviT Publishing House in Łódź, the New Theatre in Łódź, the Przestrzeń dla Sztuki Gallery in Warsaw.

He has prepared several individual exhibitions and participated in dozens of significant national and international exhibitions. He has received numerous awards for his work.

The event sponsor: Krystyna Piórkowska