10 November 2017 (Friday) 1pm

Leszek Mądzik (Lublin)

SACRUM OF THE PLACE

photography exhibition — vernissage

Grohman Factory Building, ŁSSE, ul. Tymienieckiego 22/24

phot. Leszek Mądzik

Exhibition entitled “Sacrum miejsca” which is, as the author intended, a visual complement for II Symphony c-moll by G. Mahler “Resurrection”, presents a selection of sacral photographs, mainly about the Passion. The pictures were taken in Poland but also during trips of the KUL Theatre to Peru, Belgium, Italy, France, Mexico, Spain or Ukraine.

Here’s what Leszek Mądzik himself says about photographs: “Touching the sacrum in art. is best seen in places designated to present it. Temples that I visited in various countries show not only the artistic value of the sculptures, paintings or architecture, but they stand for the power of faith that is supported by the local traditions, thus bringing us closer to the multicultural atmosphere of the places they were born in.”

phot. Leszek Mądzik

Leszek Mądzik

Leszek Mądzik — born in 1945 in Bartoszowiny in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. He completed Artistic Weaving Department at the National Arts Hich School in Kielce. He studied history of art at the Catholic University of Lublin,received his MA in Arts at the Theatre Academy of A. Zelwerowicz in Białystok and PhD at the Arts Academy in Warsaw. His professorship was granted to him by the Board of the Department of Graphics at the Art Academy in Warsaw in 2010.

In 1969 he established Scena Plastyczna at the Catholic University of Lublin, where he realized 20 original plays, e.g. Ecce homo, Wieczerza, Ikar, Zielnik, Wilgoć, Wrota, Tchnienie, Szczelina, Kir, Odchodzi, Bruzda, Przejście, Lustro, Gorset.

Since 1976 he has been a member of Polish Fine Artists and in 1981 he was accepted to ITI, in 1983 to OISTAT and since 2003 he has been a member of Polish Photographers’ Association. He presented his works at Galeria Krytyków “Pokaz” in Warsaw, Gallery of the Polish Institute in Vienna, UNESCO Centre in Beirut, Opera Gallery in Cairo, Japanese Museum of Technology and Arts Manggha in Krakow, Lublin Museum, Arts Gallery of the Catholic University in Santiago de Chile, at the Theater-Cai in Tokyo, at the National Museum in Wrocław, at The Saddlery Gallery in Edmonton, Canada, at the Theatre Museum in Warsaw, at the National Museum in Kielce, at the Gallery Centre for Creative Practices in Dublin, at the Gallery Le Pont in Aleppo, at Galeria Dzyga in Lvov, at the Gallery of Scena Plastyczna at the Catholic University of Lublin, at the Arts Centre of the city of Teheran, at the Carmel Gallery in Guadalajara, in the Town Hall in Vilnius.

His large-format works were presented at the Outdoor Gallery of Łazienki Królewskie in Warsaw, in the yard of the Catholic University of Lublin, in the palace gardens of the Łancut Palace, at the Sas Gallery in Lublin, in front of the Abbots Palace in Gdańsk Oliwa or in the galleries of the Cistercian monastery in Pontigny.

He is a laureate of numerous awards, e.g. the award of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland for his achievements for the Polish culture in the world, the award of Jan Dorman presented to him by the Polish Centre of ASSITEJ for the whole of achievements in creating the unique Polish theatre, an individual award of the 1st degree for promoting the Catholic University of Lublin in Poland and abroad, presented to him by the Rector of the Catholic University of Lublin, the Angelus Award in 2011, a special distinction Totus. Awarded with the Golden Cross of Polish Revival, Golden Cross of Merit, Golden Medal “Gloria Artis”, the Cross of Merit Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice.