Sławomir Toman “Known stories. Unknown stories” / 100 Years in Labirynt

Exhibition opening: 23.10.2024 (Wednesday), 18.00
Where: Galeria Labirynt, Popiełuszki 5, Lublin
Language: exhibition opening in Polish. Translation into Polish Sign Language; interpreter: Marta Stępniak. No translation into Ukrainian or English.
Open until: 24.11.2024 (Tues.-Sun, 12.00-19.00)
Admission: 8 PLN full price, 4 PLN concession (opening: free)
Curator: Waldemar Tatarczuk

Sławomir Toman began painting pictures featuring works by other artists as early as during his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he portrayed works by his colleagues from Professor Kunc’s studio. Where did this idea come from? The studio was quite small and it sometimes happened that in a crowded class many people blocked his view of a model or still life. Toman, unbothered by the fact, painted what he saw, including fragments of paintings that obscured the assignment prepared by his professor. That way, he created peculiar painting collages made up of fragments and quotations from the works of other artists. Over time, these works turned into his ‘Art in Art’ series, which is continued in this exhibition. It is a kind of homage to the artists whose works resonated with Toman’s sensibility.

Most of the paintings at the Known stories. Unknown stories exhibition refer to works from the Labirynt collection. These includes works by well-known artists, as well as forgotten pieces by less known authors. Browsing through the photographic documentation of the collection, Toman intuitively chose works in which he found motifs that had already appeared in his work before. What mattered to him was their visuality, although it is clear that behind each work is the author, their history and the history of their relationship with the creator of the exhibition and with Galeria Labirynt.

The exhibition in a part of the project “Galeria Labirynt – from a gallery of paintings to a gallery for people”.
Subsidized by funds from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage within the framework of the program National Cultural Center: Culture-Interventions, 2024 edition.

Funded by the European Union as part of the National Reconstruction Plan.

Accessibility: The exhibition is on the ground floor. The bookstore offers free rental of noise-canceling headphones and a wheelchair. Quiet hours at the exhibition apply on Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The gallery has 6 portable induction loops.