Kino Polish Film Poster Exhibition Launch

Apr 16, 10:04 AM by Kate Taylor

16th April – 16th May
Triangle Shopping Centre, Exchange Square, Manchester.

Kino’s Polish Film Poster Exhibition starts 16th April to the 16th May. The exhibition is part of Polska! Year celebrations, funded by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.

As part of Kinofilm Festival, this year we celebrate the world of Polish Poster Art. Our exhibition features over 60 magical posters designs by some of the most famous Polish Artists.

Curated from the personal collection of Festival Director, John Wojowski, the work will feature mainly 70s original movie posters but will also include examples of rarer posters from the 50s and 60s through to the late 80s when Polish Poster art as we knew it came to an end.

The Golden Age of Polish Film Poster art was influenced by early folk art, Cubism Constructivism, surrealism and art nouveau. The period celebrated the poster as an art form, while Polish society flocked to the movies and artists captured the essence of film as a visual metaphor.

The poster took on a new function with the birth of the Trade union Solidarity. Many designs were politicised in the 1980s and artists began experimenting with photo techniques and collage. As state monopoly ended in 1990, distribution of movies in Poland was taken over by Warner and Paramount and Polish poster art as we knew ceased to exist.

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