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Opening of Ujawienie/Explosure exhibition
Last Friday (13 September), at the Museum’s Opole seat there was hosted the opening ceremony of the 14th Opole Photo Festival, which is held in high esteem among art and photography enthusiasts. As part of this year's edition, many exhibitions and meetings are in pipeline. The most important for our Museum was the opening of Agnieszka Sadowska's exhibition Ujawnienie/Exposure.
The theme of this year's edition, nie/codzienność [un/commonness], is puzzling. As it is emphasise by the organisers: ‘Uncommonness can be perceived as something unusual, interesting, intriguing or surprising. It is a state or situation that is different or unique, what makes it distinctive in the context of surrounding events.’ This outlook on reality allows the viewer - through the specific medium of photography - to get to the core of the world that the authors propose. And this world has various shades.
The opening of Agnieszka Sadowska's exhibition Ujawnienie/Exposure took place at 6 p.m., in the temporary exhibition hall. It was attended not only by the author of the photographs, but also the curator of the exhibition, Joanna Kinowska. The two, introduced by Dr. Violetta Rezler-Wasielewska and Sławoj Dubiel, who represented the festival's organiser, the 2.8 Foundation, made a presentation of both the reportage photographs themselves and the problem which was recorded in the camera lens and the compositional details of the exhibition. It covers the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border and depicts the dramatic fate of migrants in the Podlasie woods, as well as the actions of volunteers, activists and medics reaching out to those in need with humanitarian aid. Thanks to Agnieszka Sadowska's photographs, these events can see the light of day, and the large audience – consisting both young people and seniors - testifies to the relevance of the exhibition's themes and encourages people to stop and reflect, and often to face their own convictions.
The exhibition will be on view until 28 October, from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Opole seat of the Museum, at 3 Minorytów Street.
You are cordially invited to view the exhibition!
