POLES AMONG THE DANES - GRAPHIC DESIGN
The exhibition is another presentation of Polish artists living in Denmark. Posters and other graphic design is represented by the artists, who have gained high professional position in Denmark - Lea Boruszek, Peter Gyllan, Remi Mosko, Grazyna Schindler. The exhibition is open from April 23 to May 16 in the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz.
Poles among the Danes is a title that we hope will intrigue and allure a host of visitors. The Danish Institute of Culture is again pleased to be able to invite guests to an encounter with Danish culture. In this instance, we put on display a fascinating slice of that culture, in that we are presenting the work of Danish artists who once hailed from Poland. Their creative presence in the cultural life of Denmark, along with the standing they enjoy there, signals not only the scale of their own artistic potential, but also the power of the culture they have come to thrive in. Indeed, the successes of Polish-born artists in Denmark testifies to the impressive capacity of Danish cultural life, as well as to Denmark's model cultural policy toward artists welcomed from abroad.
Some 15,000 Poles live in Denmark, among them approximately 3,000 who were forced to leave Poland in the wake of the shameful events of March, 1968. Within that group of Danish immigrants is a startlingly great number of active artists who both contribute importantly to Danish culture and seed Danish culture with that of the land of their birth.