An artist, designer, visionary, creator of iconic furniture, and creator of monumental ceramic compositions (in Poland and around the world) produced in collaboration with the renowned “Kamionka” Cooperative. Krystyna Strachocka–Zgud has turned 100.
On this occasion, we cordially invite you to the premiere of the album *Krystyna Strachocka-Zgud’s Ceramic Cosmos*, which will take place on April 17 at 11:00 a.m. in the Senate Hall of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.
The book *The Ceramic Cosmos of Krystyna Strachocka-Zgud* is the first monograph dedicated to the artist. The album presents a collection of unpublished photographs from the artist’s archive, summarizes her artistic output, and introduces the fascinating story of Krystyna Strachocka-Zgud’s life and work to those who are not yet familiar with her.
The book features a foreword by Prof. Andrzej Bednarczyk, rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, and the monograph includes, among other things, texts by artists from the Institute of Progressive Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków:
- Prof. Alicja Duzel-Bilińska
- Prof. Grzegorz Biliński,
- Prof. Marita Benke-Gajda,
- Miłosz Horodyski.
The album was released by the Institute of Progressive Arts Foundation, in partnership with the Totalizator Sportowy Foundation.
The event will be accompanied by a concert performed by Dr. Mateusz Matie Zubik from the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków.
Concert program:
Franz Schubert – Drei Klavierstücke (Three Piano Pieces), D . 946
- I. Allegro assai
- II Allegretto
- III. Allegro
Concert partners: YAMAHA, the Friedman Foundation.
