Derek Michael Besant / Forest for the Trees / Video Projectioninstallation Krakow 2021

ProTO – Typy

Wspótczesna kanadtjska grafika eksperymentalna

09.07—24.08.2021 Galerie Akademii Sztuk Pieknych w Krakowie, ul. Basztowa 18

www.triennial.pl

ProTO-types

Experimental Contemporary Canadian Printmaking

09.07–24.08.2021

In July and August 2021, the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow is honoured to present an exhibition of contemporary Canadian artists as part of the MTG International Print Triennial in Krakow 2021.

■ Artists:
Jordan Baraniecki, Bonnie Baxter, Derek Michael Besant, Mark Bovey, Yael Brotman, Sean Caulfield, Briar Craig, John Dean, René Derouin, Karen Dugas, Alexandra Haeseker, Libby Hague, Bernd Hildebrandt, Liz Ingram, Jo Ann Lanneville, Julie Oakes, Patricia Olynyk, Richard Sewell, Jewel Shaw, Tracy Trempleton, Walter Jule.

■ Curators:
Derek Michael Besant, Mateusz Otręba, Margarita Vladimirova

■ Opening:
July 8, 2021 (Thursday), 6 p.m.
The opening of the exhibition will be translated consecutively into English and filmed. The premiere of the film from the opening will take place the next day at https://www.facebook.com/galeriaaspkrakow

■ The exhibition is available:
09.07–24.08.2021
ASP Gallery, ul. Basztowa 18
Tuesday – Sunday, at 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

■ Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/178062744283595

■ News:
https://www.facebook.com/galeriaaspkrakow

https://www.instagram.com/gaspkrk/

About the exhibition:
Canadian artists have been participating in the MTG International Print Triennial in Krakow for decades, while in recent years becoming one of the dominant creative forces in the field of experimental graphics. They skillfully combine a traditional workshop with bold use of the possibilities offered by various types of digital media.

Currently, graphic arts in all their manifestations function in the reality that constantly bombards the recipient with all kinds of printed and digital images. Graphically processed pictures are found everywhere – from the still published traditional newspapers, through prints on public transport, to screens and displays that surround us on a daily basis. Visual imagery became an essential part of our common language.

20 Canadian artists are confronting this aspect of the present. For the exhibition in Krakow they prepared works of a processual and prototype nature, which invite the viewer to an in-depth dialogue and intense interaction. Their aim is to explore the various possibilities of visual representation offered by the contemporary space of communication.

The MTG International Print Triennial in Krakow 2021

■ Organisers:
The MTG International Print Triennial in Krakow 2021
The Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow