Is a museum a place where you have to be quiet and can’t talk? Not necessarily! We invite our youngest visitors to workshops on overcoming shyness and building relationships.
Together, we’ll look for characters in Edward Dwurnik’s paintings who are worth befriending, and we’ll try to “get to know” them. Then we’ll say hello and chat with the people we meet along the way—the museum staff. This way, together, we’ll make the vast space around us feel more familiar!
During the workshop, we’ll seek inspiration in Dwurnik’s work and create portraits of our new friends—both the real ones and those hidden within the artist’s canvases.
EDWARD DWURNIK. PRIDE AND SHAME
Edward Dwurnik was a painter who, instead of important leaders, preferred to portray ordinary people—on their way to work, on the street, or while resting. The exhibition features many of his expressive, sometimes humorous, and sometimes very serious paintings from the 1970s and 1980s (mainly from the famous series “Athletes” and “Workers”). The artist painted the world without embellishment. He depicted fatigue, the struggles of everyday life, but also the emotions mentioned in the title: great pride and shame. We’ll also see contemporary paintings by Patryk Różycki, who painted his memories of growing up in the Polish countryside.
