Author's meeting

PRIDE AND SHAME, SHAME AND PRIDE. SHAME OR PRIDE?

20.10.2026 18:00

Guests

Pola Dwurnik, Maciej Jakubowiak, Antonina Tosiek, Aleksandra Zbroja

Location

Auditorium

Admission

Free admission thanks to a partnership with Audi

Language of the meeting

Polish

Join us for a discussion about the emotions mentioned in the title and Edward Dwurnik’s work as a source of literary inspiration. Antonina Tosiek will discuss how to write in the style of Dwurnik with artist Pola Dwurnik, Aleksandra Zdroja, author of *The Worker’s Stain*, and Maciej Jakubowiak, author of *Those Two Over There* —short stories published in the book *Pride and Shame: Seven Stories and a Poem*.

In this book, the most intriguing voices of the younger generation—known for their critical perspective on changing lifestyles and social hierarchies—engage in a dialogue with Dwurnik’s paintings. This literature revolves around the two titular emotions of key importance to the painter, who demonstrated how society creates visions of social advancement and decline, success and disgrace. The stories by Zbroja and Jakubowiak also share with Dwurnik’s paintings a sense of humor and even a certain excess.

The book accompanies Edward Dwurnik’s exhibition “Pride and Shame” at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.

Editors: Antonina Tosiek and Łukasz Ronduda.

Authors:
Łukasz Barys
Mateusz Górniak
Maciej Jakubowiak
Justyna Kulikowska
Kinga Sabak
Katarzyna Szweda
Patryk Zalaszewski
Aleksandra Zbroja

PRIDE AND SHAME, SHAME AND PRIDE. SHAME OR PRIDE?

The following people will attend the meeting:

Pola Dwurnik

Maciej Jakubowiak

Antonina Tosiek

Aleksandra Zbroja