From 3rd to 10th of June, Polish Photo and Travel Association in Norway www.klub-zdobywcow.no , will present their impressions of Poland in the gallery Vepsebolet in Oslo.
Living abroad, we all have images of our motherland and we long for different things. Some miss the smell of the freshly mowed meadows, some crave for Polish food and drinks, some think of places where they were growing up.
All this, translated to the language of images, will be presented during the exhibition. Later on, the photos will be exposed at the Deichman library in Oslo at Majorstua, Harald Hårfagresgt 2, from 11th June to 14th of August 2012.
Andrej Nebb, mostly known as the front man of the band DE PRESS, one of the most important in Norway, has also graduated from the Art Academy. MAP Galleri, an exhibition house in Oslo, is presenting his works from 11th of May to 3rd of June 2012. This is his first separate exhibition in 20 years.
Gallery BIEN in Oslo, Munkedamsveien 68, will present, the works of Polish artist Anna Roza, starting from Saturday 28th of April 2012.
Her paintings are changing together with the time. They are full of colors and smooth lines. Some of them remind about Stanislaw Wyspianski and the time when he was creating, called “Mloda Polska/Young Poland. To find out more about her life and art, read the chapter on her in the book “With heart in two countries” by Janina Januszewska Skreiberg, published in Norwegian in 2007 and in Polish in 2012.
Anna Roza has lived in Scandinavia since the 80-ties, first in Sweden, now in Norway. She is a multicultural artist, writing poems, making cartoons to the papers, painting portraits and creating her own perception of the entire world. “Artpolonia.no’ s avatar is one of her oil art works, that she presented at her own gallery in 2007. Check into her group on Facebook called “Anna Roza Art” for more information.
Klezmer night at Cosmopolite /Soria Moria building/, Vogtsgata 64, Oslo, with KROKE from Poland and support Goylem Space Klezmer (Norway) on Friday 20th of April. The concert hall doors open at 8 pm and the concert starts 9 pm.
“Kroke live are a hair-raising, brilliant, unforgettable experience.” Jon Lusk
“The music is too dark to really represent traditional klezmer. At times, it is almost as if the Velvet Underground have been reborn as a klezmer band.” Ari Davidov
“What makes me feel drawn to Kroke music is spiritual reality of the musicians, this means honesty and authenticity of the music.” Nigel Kennedy
“At times they sound jazzy, at times contemporary, at times classical. Their music is at once passionate and danceable.” Dominic Raui
Supply: Goylem Space Klezmer, young Norwegian musicians band started at By:Larm, the city of Oslo greatest music festival.
Kroke performed in Warsaw’s Opera at the gala of Foundation for Best Polish Brand TerazPolska.pl where the finalists of the Outstanding Product, Company, District and Person contest 2011 were presented in June last year.
As a part of Days of Polish Culture, Galleri Stylo is pleased to present “Lethal things and Gentlemen”, an exhibition of photographs by Martha Lewicka. Please join us on Sunday, April 29th, 2012, from 12.00 to 16.00, for the exhibition opening and to meet the artist.
In the exhibition, Lewicka presents first of three part series of photographs that shows a specific understanding artist has about how females strive to destroy men. She challenges the way we normally see the motivation females have towards men.
The premier part is an installation of 7 portraits of men, that have been destroyed by females, but by all means are not men who gave up the fight easily.
The exhbition lasts 01.05- 27.05. 2012 and is open everyday (except Mondays) from 12:00 to 16:00 hrs.
For further information contact:
martha@lewicka.eu / www.lewicka.eu
Fotografiens Hus is pleased to present “Lipstick”, a solo exhibition of photographs by Klaudia Iga. Please join us on Thursday, March 29th, 2012, from18.00 to 21.00, for the exhibition opening and to meet the artist.
In the exhibition, Klaudia Iga presents a series of photographs that shows a specific understanding of femininity. She strives to challenge the way we normally see women depicted in Western art. Klaudia Iga refers to different shades of femininity, that all have one common denominator, the red lipstick.
Klaudia’s installation is comprised of three series of photographs that depict to three parts of lipstick history. In medieval europe lipstick was banned by church because it was believed to be incarnation of Satan. Just like murderous females it evoked fear.
In 1770 a British law was proposed to the Parliament that a marriage should be annulled if the woman wore lipstick before her wedding day. Just like masked ladies trying to hide something.Nowadays lipstick is a common attribute of femininity. The portraits shows the antidote all females find in red lipstick.
Klaudia Iga Jastrzebska, born in 1985, is a photographer from Poland, who now resides in Oslo. She completed her Master’s degree in 2010, and got a Dean’s Award at graduation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
During last five years she has taken part in exhibitions from New York, Paris, Warsaw, Cologne, Zingst among others. Her work has been published in magazines such as ‘Fotoakt’, ‘Oslo’ and also awarded in Warsaw Festival of Art Photography (2009 and 2010) by the magazine ‘Artluk’, Canon and The Warsaw Uprising Museum.
Did you know that Wlodzimierz Biel was the CEO of Det Norske Veritas DNV, a certification and due diligence company, having branch offices in 100 countries?
Did you know that Jakub Godzimirski have been researching at the Norwegian Institute of Foreign Politics NUPI for years?
Did you know that Igor Devold is the chief of documentary film department at Lillehammer TV School?
The winners of 2012 edition of the contest for Outstanding Pole in Norway are:
PERSONALITY:
Eugeniusz Kuran, who for many years were making Norwegians aware of Polish history importance in the world experience.
BUSINESS:
Wlodzimierz Biel, CEO of Det Norske Veritas DNV, certification and due diligence company.
CULTURE:
Igor Devold, who teaches at Lillehammer TV School, organizes and participates in events involving Polish and Norwegian film artists.
YOUNG POLE:
Mikael Pfanhauser who helped over 700 Polish families to purchase their own houses and apartments.
SPECIAL PRIZE:
Janina Januszewska Skreiberg who has been documenting Polish-Norwegian cultural relations for over 30 years and published 3 books on this subject, based on her articles in Norwegian and Polish press.
/photo by Włodek Kościelniak/
artpolonia.no congratulates the winners especially when we were honored by being invited to the jury choosing the best among so many worthy candidates
Gala Concert found place at Norwegian School of Music on March, 18th 2012 where the Ambassador of Polish Republic, Wojciech Kolanczyk, the Board Chairman of Polish Brand Fundation Teraz Polska (Poland Now), Krzysztof Przybyl and Mayor of Oslo Fabian Stang were present. After celebration of the winners, there was a music concert on 130 anniversary of famous Polish composer Karol Szymanowski. Special appearance by Kenya and Nemor, stars of R&B.
Karolina Rutowska, a young singer and songwriter from Poland, sings with Norwegian group Znort Quartet at the groovy club Blå www.blaoslo.no on Sundays in Oslo. She appears together with other artists, and the public applauds her a lot.
Karolina moves around different musical styles like jazz, bossa nova, blues, ethnic music, and the final effect is her own personal style.
Born in Augustow, the lake district in north-east Poland, after moving to Cracow, she has had several concerts at famous Piwnica pod Baranami.
In 2009, she was invited by legendary jazz ensemble Asocjacja Hagaw, to go on tourné all over the Poland. She has also played concerts in Germany, Norway, Great Britain.
Now, the Oslo public, has the opportunity to see her live at Blå every Sunday evening like on 4th of March at 9 pm.
Vepsebolet Galleri i Løkkeveien 11, Oslo, invites to an exhibition of works of 7 Polish artists from Thursday 1st to 8th of March 2012.
Ola Misztur, Ilona Sawicka, Julita Malinowska, Malgorzata Waraksa, Konrad Waraksa, Patryk Janczukowski and Lukasz Grabski will present their works in a very nice environment, assisted by the Embassy of Polish Rebublic sponsoring and participating at the opening.
The presented artworks differ in style and language. This variety still makes it pleasant to see all of them in one place. The motives from pelvis through buffalo to girls on colorful pontoons floating on the water, take you on a special journey of impressions.
Lukasz Kedzierski nPortal.no
At the opening on the 1st of March 2012, there were present many personalities active in artistic life of Oslo. The Ambassador of Polish Republic, Wojciech Kolanczyk, with his spouse Alina, are the guest that come to every event involving Polish artists in Norway. The writer Janina Januszewska Skreiberg, has just published Polish edition of book about Polish-Norwegian cultural relations “With heart in two countries”. She has been tracing and writing about exhibitions, concerts and film presentations for over 30 years.
The artist Anna Roza Gurowska, has many exhibitions on her account, and is looking forward to present her newest works. Lukasz Kedzierski, young Polish professional in Norway, has just started a web-site nPortal.no, presenting Norway’s news in Polish and English. Margaret and Konrad Waraksa, the young artists from Poland, living in Norway, have achieved an absolute success by starting and leading Art’s Delicatessen, the concept that made it possible for us to participate in many interesting presentations of Polish art in Norway.
From 4th to 19th February 2012, Galleri Markveien in Oslo, will present works of the Polish artist Ilona Sawicka.
Since she received scholarship at Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in Oslo in 1999, she has had several separate and group exhibitions both in Norway and in Poland.
Her paintings’ many layers give the art works a kind of third dimension, combined with a nostalgic atmosphere.
The gallery has been housing several Polish artists. For more information see the site www.artsdelicatessen.com
