Photography Exhibition “Silesian Guitar Autumn 2022: Grzegorz Krzysztofik and Artur Pławski”
Silesian Guitar Autumn. Music which naturally evokes associations with colours—red, rust-yellow leaves, and the warm sun setting earlier each evening. This is the most atmospheric, warmest, and richest season of the year, yet in the light of glowing candles, it swiftly transitions into cosiness. And amidst all of this, in these images, are the metallic sounds of masterful strings. The guitar, along with its resonance, romantic significance, memories, dreams, and magic…
This is how Beata Mendrek vividly describes her associations with our festival. The fine art photographer curates the photography exhibition, where the most intriguing pictures from Silesian Guitar Autumn 2022 are on display.
In the cultural space of Gemini Park Tychy shopping centre, at the Window on Culture, from 13 September to 4 November, visitors can experience the festival atmosphere and marvel at the details and brilliance of the artists captured in the frame of 45 photographs by Artur Pławski and Grzegorz Krzysztofik.
Artur Pławski
Documentary photographer.
He graduated in Philosophy from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and has been associated with Tychy since 2010. He is professionally affiliated with the City Museum of Tychy.
In his work, he combines the ambiguity of the photographic medium with the subjective nature of documentary forms.
He is a winner and finalist of numerous photography competitions, including Grand Press Photo, Leica Street Photo, Wielkopolska Press Photo, BZ WBK Press Foto, Silesian Press Photography, Tychy Press Photo, Italian Street Photography, and the San Francisco International Street Photography Awards. He participated in the Sputnik Photos Mentoring Program, edition 2021/2022
The author of the photobook dedicated to Tychy titled “The Right Place,” published by the Municipal Culture Centre in Tychy, which received the Photographic Publication of the Year 2023 award at the Fotofestiwal in Łódź.
Grzegorz Krzysztofik
Specialises in concert, theatre, street, and reportage photography.
He graduated from the General Jerzy Ziętek Silesian School of Management, specialising in European Business Management, and has been actively involved in the cultural life of Tychy since his youth. He is professionally associated with the automotive industry.
An accredited photographer with the AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy, he collaborates as a photographer with the Teatr Mały in Tychy, the Rozbark Theatre (Teatr Tańca i Ruchu ROZBARK) in Bytom, the A Part Theatre in Katowice, and the City Museum of Tychy.
He is a four-time winner of the first prize in the Tychy Press Photo competition, and has been awarded and honoured in numerous local and national photography contests. He is the author of three solo photography exhibitions and two photography publications. He is a member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers (ZPAF).
The exhibition will be accompanied by recitals:
4 October 2024 at 6:00 pm: Mariusz Orzełowski – guitar
18 October 2024 at 6:00 pm: Mateusz Prześlak – guitar and Marta Sobol – violin
The exhibition is located on the first floor of the shopping centre (next to Dealz shop) and can be viewed during the opening hours of Gemini Park Tychy until 4 November 2024. The recitals will also be held on the first floor in the relaxation space (next to Lodomania shop).
