Tadeusz Rolke

The Polish Institute in Rome and the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere present the second episode of “In Polonia per saziare l’amore”, devoted to the photographer Tadeusz Rolke.

After the first eposode focused on the conceptual artist Edward Krasinski, the Polish Institute in Rome and the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere present, he second episode of the exhibition “In Polonia per saziare l’amore”, curated by Ilaria Gianni and Luca Lo Pinto, devoted to the photographer Tadeusz Rolke (Warsaw, 1929).

The project features the photographs of Tadeusz Rolke, who  documented the Polish art scene of the ’60s and ’70s. Rolke's photographs depict actions, happenings and personalities through original compositions and from a privileged point of view.

Top: Tadeusz Rolke, Joseph Beuys, Dusseldorf, 1971. Copyright Agnecja Gazeta (detail). Above: Tadeusz Rolke, Alina Szapocznikow nel suo studio, Sixties. Courtesy Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

“In Polonia per saziare l’amore” is structured in three episodes, each of which includes an exhibition and a live essay. The project, realized in collaboration with MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, aims to explore the Polish Neo-avantgarde and its influences on artists of later generations. Started from the conceptual artist Edward Krasiński (Luck, 1925 – Warsaw, 2004), the project concludes with the first Italian exhibition dedicated to Krzysztof Niemczyk (Warsaw, 1938 – Krakow, 1994), self-taught painter, musician, writer and performer, and legendary exponent of the Polish Neo-avantgarde.

Tadeusz Rolke, <i>The hat for 4 people</i>, performance, Sixties. Courtesy Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Tadeusz Rolke, <i>Galeria Krzywe Kolo</i>, Sixties. Courtesy Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Tadeusz Rolke, <i>Zbyszek Cybulski nel Parco Lazienki</i>, aSixties. Copyright Agnecja Gazeta


until October 30, 2014
Tadeusz Rolke
In Polonia per saziare l’amore

curated by Ilaria Gianni and Luca Lo Pinto
in the context of In Polonia, cioè dove?
conceived by Ania Jagiello and Marcello Smarrelli
Fondazione Pastificio Cerere
via degli Ausoni 7, Roma