March: Polish poster month
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Next week, two exhibitions of Polish posters are opening entirely independently of one another: One in Plymouth – which will focus on historic posters created to promote Chopin concerts in Poland between 1955 and 2006; and the other, in London, which will showcase posters created (for the most part) more recently by Warsaw-based design studio, Homework…
Peninsula Arts, the arts and culture programming organisation for the University of Plymouth is putting on the exhibition entitled (Re)sounding Signs: Polish Chopin Posters 1955-2006 – as part of the Plymouth Polish Festival – a series of events running in the town organised in partnership with the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw to celebrate Chopin’s birth in 1810. The show, curated by the Warsaw museum’s Maciej Janicki will display posters by dozens of Polish poster artists including Henryk Tomaszewski, Waldemar Swierzy, Rafal Olbinski and Mieczyslaw Wasilewski. Here are a few of the posters for your perusal…
(Re)sounding Signs: Polish Chopin Posters 1955-2006 runs from March 6 to April 24 at the Peninsula Arts Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA. Tel: 01752 58 50 50. Admission: Free. Opening times: Monday -Friday 10am -5pm. Saturday 11am-4pm
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Meanwhile, at London’s Kemistry Gallery, over 50 posters created by just one Polish design studio, Homework, will be on display. Since forming in 2003 the Warsaw-based studio (comprising the talents of Joanna Górska and Jerzy Skakun) has created dozens of posters for cultural events such as music concerts and theatre productions. While the duo have exhibited in Paris and Berlin, the show at Kemistry will be their first in London. Here’s a selection of work that will be exhibited…
To see more of Homework’s poster design work – visit homework.com.pl/
Homework: Modern Polish Poster Design runs from March 5 – April 17 at Kemistry Gallery, 43 Charlotte Road, London, EC2A 3PD. Tel. +44 (0) 20 7729 3636. Admission: Free. Opening hours: Weekends 10am-6pm. Saturday 11am-4pm.
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