Signum. Fundacja

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The new exhibition space of Signum Foundaion – Signum Project – will be designated for presentations of selected works and projects from the collection of the foundation.
It is no coincidence for it to be situated in Lodz; the city is a particular place on the map of 20th century avant-garde. It is here, where thanks to the determination of artists like Wladyslaw Strzeminski, Henryk Stazewski, Katarzyna Kobro and Julian Przybos, the first European international collection of modern art was created in 1930. Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz is also foundation’s regular partner.
Presentations in Signum Project will concentrate more around personalities of creators than just their works. The collection of the foundation consists of large groups of works of representatives of Polish and International avant-garde, among others: Stefan and Franciszka Themerson, Henryk Stazewski, Edward Krasinski, Tadeusz Kantor, Katarzyna Kozyra, Jesus Rafael Soto, Carlos Cruz Diez, Ludwig Wilding.
Selected works from the collection: object, installation, video, film, series of photographs are to be an impulse for the audience, to carefully discover personality of the artist and not only see his creations exhibited at the gallery. For many artists the process of creation is indeed part of the artwork, although in most cases it remains in the form of documentation.
Intimate character of the exhibition space will become a particular laboratory to determine and present identity of Signum Foundation.
Apart from mentioned projects we are planning to present works of young artists, for whom the collection has become inspiration and source for discussion for their own artistic practices.
Each year the foundation will prepare six exhibitions.