Japanese inspirations in Polish art l Time of art

Japanese Inspirations in Polish Art

• March 4 at 6:00 PM in Rzeszowskie Piwnice
• tickets at the price of PLN 30 available online or at the box office
• for whom: youth, adults, seniors
• accessibility: no architectural barriers, elevator on the left side of the entrance door

We invite you to the second part of the "Time of Art" series, during which we will travel in time and space to discover fascinating, diverse faces of art. During the meetings, we will explore the stories of Polish artists whose work was inspired by travel, discover traces of exotic Japan in Polish art and look at the works of such figures as Frida Kahlo and Józef Mehoffer. There will also be an exploration of monumental works of academism and the genius of Michelangelo. Each meeting is a unique opportunity not only to get to know the works of art, but also to understand the context of their creation, learn about creative techniques and discover interesting facts about the artists and their times. The meetings will be led by experts in art history.

In the second half of the 19th century, Japanese art began to reach Western Europe and practically brought it to its knees. Artists eagerly collected Japanese woodcuts and referred to new solutions in their works. Polish painters, studying in large numbers at leading European academies, were also not indifferent to exotic novelties. To what extent can we speak of shallow fascination and to what extent of a deeper understanding of the assumptions of art from the land of the rising sun, we will try to discuss by looking at the best Polish works from the Young Poland period.

Jolanta Bobala - graduate of art history at the Institute of Art History at the Jagiellonian University. She is interested in painting from the turn of the century, photography and ways of interpreting images. She has published in the "Szum" Magazine. She cooperates with the Education Department of the National Museum in Krakow. She leads original tours of Krakow and Krakow museums as part of the Art to go! activity.