Jerzy Grabowski is one of the most interesting representatives of geometrical abstract art in European graphics of the second half of the 20th century. In the 60s and 70s he maintained contact with artistic environments from Eastern Europe and he was in the jury of many prestigious art contests. It was his idea to change […]
Math and color – geometrical abstract art of Jerzy Grabowski Read More
The international poster exhibition Ecuador Poster Bienal in Warsaw, at the Olympic Centre, where Retroavangarda is one of the co-organizers, is coming to an end. The exhibition holds 162 posters by artists from all over the world chosen from 9620 works sent for the main competition. The 1st International Poster Biennale organized in Ecuador by
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These days, the prices of paintings from the first half of the 20th century are constantly soaring on the art market. This includes the School of Paris (École de Paris) as well, which had a very interesting representative Moïse Kisling – artist born in Poland, closely related to Modigliani. Kisling was a very prolific artist,
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From 16th March to 16th April 2017 in the beautiful, modern building of Centrum Spotkania Kultur in Lublin is holding the big, international poster exhibition Post-Ecuador Poster Bienal, where Retroavangarda is one of the organizers. Centrum Spotkania Kultur has opened in 2016 and is the biggest cultural institution in this part of Europe. The exhibition
Beginning from 16th March to 16th April 2017 in Centrum Spotkania Kultur in Lublin, visitors will have the opportunity of seeing the post-contest, international Ecuador Poster Bienal exhibition. The exhibition in Poland will include around 300 best posters by artists from over 30 countries. The works were selected by an international jury from 9620 works
The exhibition of the Post-Ecuador Poster Bienal in Poland Read More
Graphic design and painting might seem to some as distant fields of art but the truth is that artists from both sides face the same artistic problems, for instance: balanced composition, colour, scale, dominant etc. In history of art, there are instances of artists who practice completely different art styles and yet create very similar
Henri Matisse vs Paul Rand – what the famous fauvist has to do with the author of IBM logo Read More
Photomontage as an art technique was initiated and developed by Dadaists in the interwar period. Back then, it proved to be the perfect tool for expressing rebellious moods and political critique. One of the first and at the same time most important artists using this technique was John Heartfield. He was German, his real name
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Classical covers of the British publishing house Penguin has for good settled in the history of graphic design. Romek Marber has a significant part in this great achievement, a Polish designer who in 1960s created for Penguin one of the most popular crime book series. Marber was born in 1925 and after the War he migrated
Polish designer for Penguin Books – the green crime series by Romek Marber Read More
The avant-garde art of the 1920s has had tremendous influence on the development of graphic design. You can find these inspirations in today’s rock music videos as well. Below, I chose a few examples which I personally find the most interesting. In the 70s in Germany a music genre called Neue Deutsche Welle (New German
Avant-garde inspirations – Kraftwerk, Franz Ferdinand and Laibach Read More
When painting or composing any project one should consider that different compositional layouts evoke different effects on the viewer and might evoke different connotations. The dominance of horizontal lines in a painting or a graphic design project symbolizes peace, stagnation, melancholy or even sadness. This results from subconscious association of horizontal position with sleeping, retirement
The meaning of line directions in art – horizontals, verticals, diagonals Read More
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