More than 100 selected exhibitors from all over Poland took part in the 20th anniversary Warsaw Art Fair. More than 1,500 objects were on show – including works of contemporary painting and old masters, sculpture, printmaking, unique jewellery, and handicrafts.

Most of the exhibitors are art galleries presenting works by eminent contemporary classics, including Tadeusz Kantor, Wojciech Fangor, Jan Dobkowski, Jerzy Nowosielski, Henryk Stażewski, Aleksandra Jachtoma, Stefan Krygier, Stanisław Fijałkowski, Stanisław Dróżdż, Józef Hałas, as well as works by Piotr Młodożeniec, Ewa Kuryluk, Józef Wilkoń and Wojciech Siudmak.

This year, the fair is accompanied by three exhibitions: Form Speaks by Prof. Janusz Antoni Pastwa (patron of the Limited Edition Gallery exhibition), an outstanding artist and educator, winner of many prestigious awards, author of, among others, the Apollo Quadriga decorating the Grand Theatre in Warsaw. The artist creates classical sculptures in various materials including stone, marble.

The second exhibition is Artists with unique works by Józek Nowak, author of the monument to Frederic Chopin in Munich or Sissi in Possenhofen, among others, are sculptures – portraits made of poplar and alder wood immortalising a group of well-known Polish artists (e.g. Henryk Stażewski, Alina Szapocznikow, Roman Opałka, Stefan Gierowski) and foreign artists (e.g. Anthony Cragg, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol, Alberto Giacometti).

The third exhibition is dedicated to the memory of the prematurely deceased Jacek Siudziński, who represented Polish artists of the younger generation at the 1982 Biennale de Paris immediately after his graduation. The artist was keen to experiment, sometimes swapping canvas for board, and original objects were created. In addition to erotic works, in parallel he also created works on sacred themes (including the Stations of the Cross in the St Anne’s Church in Ottenhöfen/Schwarzwald).

Arkadiusz Słomczyński