Grażyna Smalej's paintings exhibition | Mostowa Artcafe | Bulwary Sztuki Foundation

Marian Gołogórski and Bulwary Sztuki Foundation would like to invite you for the vernissage of Grażyna Smalej's paintings exhibition. The vernissage will take place on April 14th 2012, at 7 p.m. in Mostowa Artcafe in Krakow. Marian Gołogórski is the curator of the exhibition. The exhibition will last until 15.06.2012.

Grażyna Smalej | Swim | oil on canvas | 130x100 cm | 2011

Grażyna Smalej | Swim XLIX | oil on canvas | 115x130 cm | 2011

Grażyna Smalej | Swim LI | oil on canvas | 140x115 cm | 2011

Grażyna Smalej | Swim LXIX | oil on canvas | 92x80 cm | 2011

ARTCHAT | How it all began? A retrospective

At the beginning, there was a gift. As a little child, Marian Gołogórski very often modeled small forms and figures for fun. Creating own child's world, using plasticin and modeling clay, he was making first steps towards something that turned out to be his life-long passion and profession. There is an interestng anecdote from an early period of Marian Gołogórski's childhood. That's how he talks about this:

The good friend of my parents, Ms. Eugenia Hejmanowa-Olejnik, who was a Jewish survivor from the Holocaust, worked for Polish Radio. When I was 6 years old, she took three small and charming figures of "Plastuś" (polish children's book character) I made in plasticin. Eugenia passed my little sculptures to the editor's office of Polish Radio in Warsaw. After a couple of days, a very well known Polish actress, Irena Kwiatkowska, who performed the role of Plastuś in the radio programme for children, said "thank you, little Marianek Gołogórski for sending the beautiful figures of Plastuś".

We can say that it was his first success in the artistic field. Surely the most unexpected.

As time went by, Gologorski became a teenager, and had to make a decision about his future. Because he was still passionate with sculpture, he decided to leave Piotrków Trybunalski (a small Polish city) and start artistic education in one of Polish bigger cities. And so, Marian, as a seventeen years old boy became a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

Young Marian Gołogórski as a student at the Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow.

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Happy Easter!

New artworks available in our online gallery

We're happy to announce that we have just updated our online shop with the new, fabulous artworks by a young and extremely talented artist, Lola Fischer.

Lola may be young, but has she's a very successful painter and graphic artist. Her portfolio is impressive, especially considering her age. To state just a few international events she took part in: in 2011, she exhibited Valencia (Spain), took part in OFAA artists exhibition Reconsidering Earth in North Art Space gallery in Jakarta (Indonesia), in La Menuiserie Gallerie in Villeneuve d’Ascq (France) and 6th KIWA Kyoto International Woodprint Association Exhibition, Kyoto (Japan).

In 2008, she was representing Poland during Third International Art Beijing Biennial 2008 Colours and Olympics in China and on Beijing International Exhibition Olympic Fine Arts 2008 in China International Exhibition Center in Beijing.

That being saind, we would like to invite you to take a look at her works in the online gallery on Gologorski Gallery official website. Click here to view our page. For a quick preview of what you'll find:

Lola Fischer | La chaise longue | mixed media | 2011 | 47 x 52 cm, framed

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