Nadan is very pleased to present the solo exhibition of the Polish artist Antoni Starczewski (1924-2000) in Germany. The aim of the exhibition is to remember and honour the Polish avant-garde artist Antoni Starczewski and to revive the value of the work of an artist who played a major role in the history of Polish and international modern art. 

Antoni Starczewski is one of the most fascinating artists of the post-war period, a man who created compelling and original art and was more than once a pioneer of global trends and artistic practices. He worked in a variety of media: ceramics, prints, textiles, as well as in situ projects. He explored the fields of visual art, music and language. One of the fundamental mandates of Antoni Starczewski’s work was his refusal to separate the visual arts from the decorative arts. He deliberately sought to express his ideas in a variety of materials and techniques, seeing art as a realm in which related statements interact in many forms. 

The exhibition includes 30 works by the Polish post-war artist Antoni Starczewski from the 1960s to the 1980s. Each of these systematically illustrates the artist’s personal line of development alongside the traces of his time. 

He received the Grand Prix at the 8th International Biennial of Prints in Tokyo in 1979, the gold medal at the 3rd International Florence Biennial, the gold medal in Faenza, and the Targa d’Oro gold medal at the International Ceramics Competition in Perugia. His work can be seen at the National Museums in Warsaw, Krakow, and Wrocław, the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, the Municipal Art Gallery in Łódź, the Polish Sculpture Center in Orońsko, as well as museums and galleries around the world: Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Genève, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Tate Modern, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.