Collections

This year’s show is dedicated mainly to our sponsors: those who supported our collection through crowdfunding or in other ways. This years’ acquisitions (i.a. films by Anna Jermolaewa and Wojciech Gilewicz, Karol Radziszewski’s works, sculptures by Iza Tarasewicz and Monika Zawadzki, as well as Adam Rzepecki’s and Andzej Tobis’ photos, art book by LUXUS group, or a series of films by Anna Senkara and Cezary Koczwarski) is presented in the context of other classical works from our collection — a group of  Edward Dwurnik’s works and of the Egit Foundation’s deposit, which has been in our charge for many years, focusing on the art from the 1980s, i.a. one of the most interesting debuts of that period — the formation of painters Gruppa.

The exhibition showcases Edward Krasiński’s work (created almost 20 years ago for the artist’s solo exhibition at Zachęta), which refers to the first collection of the Society for Encouragement of Fine Arts and its iconic work The Battle of Grunwald.

We also invited one of the most interesting regional collections to participate in our exhibition: the Arsenał Gallery from Białystok. Both collections have a lot in common — in a sense they are a reflection of the history and programme of the institution. Both include works which can not be simply labelled as traditional media, among them there are also immaterial works — ideas. Both are very mobile and often used for educational purposes. Zachęta’s collection due to its history (despite the Gallery’s international programme) is focused mainly on Polish art. The collection from Białystok however, includes a strong representation of East and Central European art, which is the result of Arsenał’s programme and its lively cooperation with Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia or Moldova and makes the collection unique among other regional ones.