IMPRINT 2008

Kulisiewicz International Graphic Arts Triennial in Warsaw.

Theme of the Triennial – Clashes Between Civilizations

The Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Tadeusz Kulisiewicz Foundation have jointly undertaken to organize an International Triennial of Graphic Arts. The new International Triennial will provide an opportunity to present graphic arts in the context of other fields of the humanities and to create a space for meetings and interdisciplinary debate.

The idea of the Triennial – Clashes between Civilizations – has become increasingly significant and topical on account of the growing pace of transformations in the surrounding world and some unpredictable directions of political and cultural change. Visual arts, including graphic arts, have a considerable share in that phenomenon’s examination and analysis. For centuries, traditionally conceived graphic arts have served to disseminate thoughts and ideas. Whereas they flourished in the Age of Print, now they have to face some great challenges of modern times: technological advancement and greater access to virtual space.

The prints that will be part of the Triennial exhibition and competition can be approached not only as objects that illustrate themes, but also as subjects of debate. Showing modern technologies employed by contemporary artists alongside prints in traditional techniques, the Triennial would acquaint us with an array of creative attitudes and means of expression that belong in the category of activities in the field of graphic arts.

Financed by the:

Financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland and Office of the Capital City of Warsaw

Honorary Patronage

- Minister of Culture and National Heritage RP
Mr Bogdan Zdrojewski
The Mayor of Warsaw dr hab. Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz

Triennial Organizers

Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Tadeusz Kulisiewicz Foundation in Warsaw
Warsaw City Council

Organizing Committee

Deputy Rector, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw Professor Wiktor Jedrzejec
Dean, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw Professor Andrzej Weclawski
Subdean, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw Professor Piotr Smolnicki
Director, Institute of Media Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw Professor Stanislaw Wieczorek
Triennial Curator Dr Agnieszka Cieslinska-Kawecka
Assistant Curator Dr Dorota Optułowicz-McQuaid
Assistant to the Chairman of the Qualifying Panel Dr Blazej Ostoja-Lniski

Art and Programme Board

Jerzy Biernat President, Association of Polish Artists and Designers
Maksymilian Celeda President, Tadeusz Kulisiewicz Foundation
Dr Agnieszka Cieslinska-Kawecka Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Boguslaw Deptula art critic
Hanna Jaworowicz Kulisiewicz Center of Drawing and Graphic, Museum in Kalisz
Dr Zygmunt Januszewski Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Professor Wiktor Jedrzejec Deputy Rector, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Malgorzata Naimska Deputy Director, Cultural Office, Warsaw Mayor's Office
Professor Anna Lewicka-Morawska art historian, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Alina Magnuska Deputy Director, Institute of Media Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Radoslaw Mleczko art historian
Professor Jaroslaw Modzelewski Faculty of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Professor Krzysztof Opolski Faculty of Economics, University of Warsaw
Leonard Pietraszak Vice-President, Tadeusz Kulisiewicz Foundation
Professor Maria Poprzecka Director, Institute of Art History, University of Warsaw
Professor Zofia Rosinska Institute of Art History, University of Warsaw
Professor Piotr Smolnicki Dean, Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Professor Janusz Stanny Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Professor Rafal Strent Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Professor Ewa Walawska Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Professor Andrzej Weclawski Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Professor Stanislaw Wieczorek Director, Institute of Media Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Professor Wladyslaw Winiecki Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Malgorzata Zakrzewska Chairman, Culture and Promotion Committee, Warsaw City Council