The author’s evening with Krystyna Gay-Kutschenreiter and Janusz Moniatowicz will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday (August 24) in the courtyard of the City History Department at 14 Kutuzowa Street.
The joint temporary exhibition by the two artists, who have been associated with Bolesławiec for many years—“Garden” and “Photographic Impressions”—can be viewed in the Bolesławiec Museum building at 14 Kutuzowa Street. Krystyna Gay-Kutschenreiter’s sculptures are dominated by intricate openwork ceramic compositions, evoking in viewers a sense of lightness and the unlimited structural possibilities of matter. Janusz Moniatowicz’s photographs, which artistically document the creation of ceramic sculptures, emphasize the sculptor’s struggle with matter and the taming of clay during the creation of a work. On Saturday evening, all art lovers will have another opportunity to meet the creators, who will be happy to answer questions about their work, offer valuable advice and share their extensive experience.
Krystyna Gay-Kutschenreiter, born in Łódź, studied at the Faculty of Art of the University in Toruń and at the Faculty of Ceramics of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, where she earned her diploma in Professor Rudolf Krzywiec’s studio. In addition to ceramic sculpture, she also creates unique ceramics. She has lived and worked in Bolesławiec for many years, where she was involved in training staff for the ceramics industry; from 1990 to 2005, she served as artistic commissioner of the annual National and International Ceramic and Sculptural Workshops. Her achievements include more than a dozen solo exhibitions and participation in several dozen group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Apart from the Bolesławiec Museum, her works are held in the collections of the National Museum in Wrocław, the National Museum in Poznań, the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, BWA Jelenia Góra, Kunstforum Piaristen in Vienna and many private collections.
Janusz Moniatowicz, a native of Bolesławiec, is a graduate of the National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź and the FAMU Film Academy in Prague, where he completed the Faculty of Artistic Photography under Professor Jan Šmok. Although he currently lives in Jelenia Góra, he still feels strongly connected with our city. Since January 2007, he has headed the Karkonosze Branch of the Association of Polish Art Photographers. His photographs have been presented at numerous solo and group exhibitions, receiving many awards. His works are held, among others, in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the UMPRUM Museum in Prague, the Spiš Museum in Levoča, the Artists’ Gallery in Spišská Nová Ves, the Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec, the Karkonosze Museum in Jelenia Góra, BWA in Jelenia Góra and numerous private collections. For many years, his photographs have also been published in numerous publications and albums.
(commissioned information: Museum of Ceramics)