“LEM” – Exhibition
Exhibition of works by contemporary artists who have visually interpreted ten books by Stanisław Lem. Artists inspired by the writer’s work include: Jacek Ambrożewski, Katarzyna Bogucka, Robert Czajka, Tymek Jezierski, Weronika Lipniewska – Vera King, Karolina Lubaszko, Adela Madej, Łukasz Majewski – Tin Boy, Tomasz Opaliński, Urszula Palusińska. The second part of the exhibition consists of selected iconic works by Daniel Mróz, who collaborated with Lem for many years, and created characteristic black and white illustrations of Lem’s characters. Moreover, the illustrations are accompanied by QR codes leading to books and audio books with selected fragments of Lem’s novels, which you can listen to while visiting the exhibition.
“Lem” is a project of the National Centre for Culture to celebrate Lem Year, which marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the writer whose novels have been translated into more than 40 languages and published in a total circulation of 30 million copies. The educational materials, made available online under a free licence, are a compendium for anyone interested in the life and legacy of the author of “Solaris.”
The National Centre is making the exhibition available free of charge in the form of downloadable/printed files until June 2022. In addition, parents, socio-cultural animators, educators and parents can find and use a number of teaching materials and original activity scenarios on the life and works of Stanisław Lem, which have also been made available.
Stanislaw Lem is one of the greatest European writers of the 20th century, a futurologist, essayist, philosopher and the patron of 2021.
Curator: Ewa Solarz
Visual identity: Jakub Stępień Hakobo
When: 15 November – 12 December 2021: Monday – Friday, 9.00-17.00.
Where: Workshops of Culture in Lublin, Grodzka 7 patio
Free admission
Special thanks to Łucja Mróz-Raynoch, heiress to the rights to Daniel Mróz’s illustrations, for providing the images.
The exhibition is presented with the kind permission of the organiser – the National Centre for Culture.