The exhibition presents nearly one hundred works from the Galeria Labirynt collection – paintings, drawings, graphics – spanning a wide range of artistic approaches. It focuses on what is immediately available to experience: colour relationships, textures, forms, shapes, compositional tensions, and the pleasure of perception that comes from engaging with a material image.

opening: 24 July 2026 (Friday), 7:00 p.m.
where: Galeria Labirynt, ul. ks. J. Popiełuszki 5, Lublin
language: opening in Polish, Ukrainian interpretation: Volodymyr Dyshlevuk; Polish Sign Language interpretation: Marta Stępniak
exhibition runs until 27 September 2026 (Tue–Sun, noon–7:00 p.m.)
free entry

curator: Paweł Korbus

Borrowed from a 1971 painting by Marek Sapetto, the title serves as a starting point for reflecting on the status of the Galeria Labirynt collection, built consistently since the 1960s and now comprising several hundred works that are re-examined and reinterpreted today. Paintings like to be viewed!

By reaching into the reserve collection, we initiate a process of stocktaking that is not only material but also conceptual. At its core are questions about the nature of the collection, selection criteria and the narratives that our institution wishes and is able to construct today.

The exhibition is ‘analogue’, pleasant and relaxing. There are no multimedia, loud music or flashing monitor screens. Instead, we want to invite visitors to spend time contemplating the paintings, their materiality, meanings and aura.

The varying states of preservation of the works and the uneven longevity of the ideas they convey make it clear that both matter and meaning are subject to erosion. In many cases, the original contexts of their creation and the hidden symbolic layers have faded.

By treating the collection as a shared heritage, we propose a selective overview – a layout of works that does not reconstruct the phenomena of art history but creates visual and semantic sequences. The works on display create ‘swarms’ of forms, colours and motifs, revealing stylistic variation and the diversity of artistic languages.

(Paweł Korbus)

Artists:

Adela Adamczyk, Marian Bogusz, Andrzej Budek, Jan Dobkowski, Jan Dudkiewicz, Zbigniew Dowgiałło, Edward Dwurnik, Antoni Fałat, Władysław Filipiak, Jadwiga Filipiakowa, Zofia Gilarowska-Kietlińska, Mariusz Głazowski, Stanisław Górecki, Ryszard Grzyb, Konrad Jarodzki, Anna Jelonek, Andrzej Jakub Kapica, Marian Kępiński, Juliusz Kłeczek, Andrzej Kołodziejek, Zenon Kononowicz, Zofia Kopel-Szulc, Teofil Kosiorkiewicz, Paweł Kowalewski, Aleksander Kozyrski, Paweł Kromholz, Jeremi Królikowski, Marek Kwaszkiewicz, Andrzej Łapiński, Stanisław Jan Łazorek, Jarosław Łukawski, Zbigniew Makowski, Marian Makarski, Grzegorz Dobiesław Mazurek, Janina Miłosiowa, Maciej Modzelewski, Jarosław Modzelewski, Grzegorz Moryciński, Eugeniusz Mucha, Edward Nadulski, Brunon Nagrodzki, Jarosław Olejnicki, Marian Oleszczuk, Blanka Gul-Olszewska, Jolanta Pachucka-Wagner, Włodzimierz Pawlak, Jan Popek, Stanisław Pokryszka, Maria Prokopiak, Tomasz Psuja, Julian Henryk Raczko, Marek Sapetto, Bożena Sienicka, Karol Skaruch, Jan Skop, Barbara Sosnowska-Bałdyga, Marian Stelmasik, Anna Strumińska, Zbigniew Strzałkowski, Adam Styka, Marek Sobczyk, Henryk Szulc, Teresa Maria Szumigaj, Józef Szuszkiewicz, Jerzy Tomaszek, Jan Tomczuk, Wojciech Tracewski, Jerzy Trutkowski, Andrzej Tryzno, Waldemar Umiastowski , Maciej Wilski, Bogdan „Anastazy” Wiśniewski, Jacek Wojciechowski, Ryszard Woźniak, Walenty Wróblewski, Krzysztof Zarębski, Tomasz Zawadzki, Janina Zielińska, Jan Ziemski, Rajmund Ziemski, Henryk Zwolakiewicz