Skalny Luncheon
60 years in a sculpture studio at the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Rachel Haidu, Associate Professor of Art History and Director of the Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, University of Rochester
Tuesday, October 21, 12:00 pm
Gamble Room, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester River Campus

Academy of Fine Arts I
Academy of Fine Arts I


Examining three generations of teachers and students within one sculpture studio at the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw enables us imagine new ways that influence might alter our definition of historical context. Questions of state socialism and its impact on artists’ freedom, and artists’ responses from the 1960s and the post-Solidarność period are explored, and a new way to link the constructivist avant-garde to contemporary Polish art is proposed.

Free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided.

For lunch reservations contact the Skalny Center: tel. (585) 275-9898 or e-mail: bozenna.sobolewska@ rochester.edu, by October 16