Dimensions: 210 x 150 cm
inscribed l.d.: 'OUR TIMES'
signed, dated, described and numbered on the reverse: '1103 | 1986| E. DWURNIK | OUR TIMES | NO:XVI.-141- | 1103'
Exhibited
Dwurnik. Painting, BWA, Olsztyn, February 1988.
Edward Dwurnik, BWA Gallery of Contemporary Art, Katowice, 9.03-9.04.1989
Literature
Dwurnik. Painting, exhibition catalog, BWA, Olsztyn 1988, nlb. (il.)
Edward Dwurnik, exhibition catalog, BWA Gallery of Contemporary Art, Katowice 1989, nlb. (il.)
Dwurnik. Inventory of Paintings, ed. P. Dwurnik, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw 2001, published as a supplement to the exhibition catalog "Edward Dwurnik. Painting. Próba retrospektywy" (08.09-07.10.2001), Cycle XVI. "Workers," item 142, no. 1103, nlb.
Workers, ed. by Pola Dwurnik, Warsaw 2023, cat. no. 142, pp. 354-355 (ill.), 588 (index)
Biography
Studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, graduated in the studio of Prof. Eugeniusz Eibisch in 1970. In 1966 he created his most numerous series, which was "Hitchhiking Journeys." In the 1980s Dwurnik's painting became expressive and dramatic. In the 1990s, he created a continuation of "Hitchhiking Travels," namely "Blue Cities," "Diagonal," "Blue" and "Enumeration." He received the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award in 1981, the Solidarity Cultural Award in 1983, and the Coutts and Co International Private Banking Award in Zurich. He participated in Documenta 7 in Kassel in 1982, the Nouvelle Biennale de Paris in 1985 and the XIX Art Biennale in Sao Paulo in 1987.
