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It is the only such permanent exhibition of works by Józef Szajna, one of the most prominent European artists in the 20th c. All works which are in the gallery were donated to the town of Rzeszów by the artist who was born here. There are 54 works of art displayed in the gallery: monumental paintings, drawings, collages, spatial compositions as well as elements of stage scenery from the most outstanding Szajna’s plays. From its very beginning the gallery is a meeting place for various artists: visual artists, writers, musicians and people connected with theatre. The atmosphere of this spacious gallery room, full of the works of one of the most eminent 20th c. theatrical figures, is absolutely unique. We warmly invite you to visit it (both as an individual or with a group) at any time but please phone book in advance. Józef Szajna Born in 1922 in Rzeszów. He is a renown stage designer, theatre director, theatre theoretician, painter and graphic artist. During WW II he was a prisoner of nazi camps in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, which had a profound impact on his art. Seen mainly as a man of theatre, an author of a personal formula – “the theatre of visual art narration” (called also “the vision teatre”) in which visual signs such as extensive stage scenery and – often grotesquely enlarged - props occupy a crucial role. He is also a moralist, unceasingly warning through his art about existing and emerging world threats. See also: |
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