163 Polish Sculptors

Edward Dwurnik's works are a grotesque commentary on the Polish reality. The presented composition is made of schematically depicted, humorous images of artists. Their silhouettes tightly fill the rectangles to form a colourful mosaic. The work is characterised by its drawing-like form and provocative anti-aestheticism. In 1965, impressed by an exhibition of works by self-taught artist Nikifor, Dwurnik assumed a similar style of depiction. Using drawing-like, hasty form, transformed “primitivism” and the evocative, grotesque way of depicting are the features he also shares with the German Expressionists.

Edward Dwurnik (1943–2018) pursued painting, graphic arts and drawing. He studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1963–1970). Participated in such events as Documenta 7 Kassel (1982) or the 19th São Paulo Biennial (1987). He created extended painting series commenting the Polish reality (Hitchhiking Trips, Workers, Sportsmen) and subjective portraits of cities (Blue Cities, Diagonals). He also designed monumental painting compositions in public space.