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■ Very many events that occurred in May and June 2005 and many informative materials on these events have caused the delay of edition of this issue of our bulletin. Finally we are ready, inviting you to view 1022 photos documenting the Spring and beginning of the Summer 2005 in world of Polish artistic goldsmithing; 757 pictures and their magnification show jewellery pieces. Beside main, dominating event which was the Legnica Festival of Silver, the works by Polish jewellery designers were presented in galleries in London and Berlin, in Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade, in National Museum in Poznan, PL, and at other exhibitions in Poland. Between most active authors we will find names of: Pawel Kaczynski and the artistic GRUPA SZESC (SIX GROUP), consisting of: mentioned Pawel Kaczynski, Bogumil Bytomski, Krzysztof Roszkiewicz, Marcin Tyminski and Arkadiusz Wolski.

■ Since May 11th until June 9th 2005 the presentation of works by seventeen Polish jewellery artists has been presented in the flow gallery in London. This exhibition was the result of visit to the BIELAK GALLERY in Krakow of Mrs. Iwona Demczynska, the owner of the flow gallery. The quality of our works has prompted Mrs. Demczynska to issue an invitation via Andrzej Bielak to organize this exhibition. In July and August 2005 the BIELAK GALLERY, on terms of mutual benefit, has been presenting the exhibition of British jewellery artists cooperating with the flow gallery.

Authors of works presented in London belong to different generations; they represent different approaches to the matter of creative goldsmithing, they employ and use different techniques, technologies and different means of artistic expression. What they have in common is the strong need of presenting their achievements to the public. All of them are active for years, participating in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad, having their works published in catalogs and magazines devoted to artistic goldsmithing. We may find their names on lists of prizewinners of jewellery competitions.
Photo relation from London exhibition >>>>
http://www.flowgallery.co.uk/17.html

■ On May 12th 2005 in the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade there has been an opening of exhibition "PRZED i PO" (BEFORE - AFTER) presenting works by Joachim Sokolski. This Museum of Applied Art after over thirty years has invited the artist to organize his exhibition again. It was just here - as the author says - that my first large one-man exhibition has opened over thirty years ago. Today, in nostalgic return to roots, old and recent works of the artist has been presented in Belgrade.
More on this exhibition >>>>
Catalog >>>>

■ The exhibition "Wspolczesna Polska Sztuka Zlotnicza z Legnicy" (Contemporary Polish Art of Goldsmithing from Legnica) has been presented since May 12th until June 5th 2005 in before mentioned Museum in Belgrade. Over thirty leading Polish jewellery artists and a group of our young jewellery designers have created complete revue of present trends in Polish artistic goldsmithing seen in perspective of recent years. The exhibition, consisting of ca 100 pieces, accompanying by well-edited catalog, has been already presented seven times in galleries and museums in Germany and Sweden. The Belgrade presentation was the eight one in row.
More on the exhibition >>>>
Catalog >>>>

■ The month of May is the time of traditional goldsmith's meetings by the occasion of the annual Legnicki Festiwal Srebra (Legnica Festival of Silver). This great event traditionally consists of several well-prepared exhibitions, to be enjoyed this year since April 29th until June 5th 2005. The summit of the Legnica Festival occurred on May 14th, 2005. On that day the Legnica`s organizers gave us a chance of participation in the seminar Granice sztuki globalnej: Dekonstrukcja - Rekonstrukcja w sztuce najnowszej (Borders of global art: Deconstruction - Reconstruction in most modern art), and we could have also attend the opening of exhibitions of the "Srebrne Szkoly" (Silver Schools) cycle, the "Sylwetki tworców" (Silhouettes of creators) cycle and the debut of Michal Wysocki at the gallery "Pod Przepiorczym Koszem" (translating as "Under the Quail Basket" gallery).
Legnica Festival of Silvera - program (pl) >>>>
Seminar (pl) >>>>
"Silhouettes of creators" - Paweł Kaczynski
"Silver Schools" >>>>
"Deconstruction - Reconstruction" >>>>

The exhibition "zloto srebro stal" (gold silver steel), presenting works by Jacek Byczewski, has opened on May 16th 2005 at the BIELAK GALLERY in Krakow. The author has presented over 100 pieces created in recent years, including his last works made with use of platinum and diamonds. We would like to point out that the artist, member of the UFO group, which has introduced to Poland modern trends in artistic jewellery in half of seventies, is active for over thirty years. He belongs to most active jewellery creators in Poland, participating in many exhibitions and competitions, and he is still open for confrontation and evaluation of his works submitting his pieces to competitions and organizing his own expositions and presentations.
Photos from the opening and exhibition >>>>

■ The Instytut Wzornictwa Przemyslowego (Institute of Industrial Design) in Warsaw, Swietojerska street 5/7 has been presenting works created for the exhibition "Design Mlodych 2005" (Design of Entry generation) from May 19th, 2005. Between presented pieces there have also been creations by graduates of jewellery schools from the city of Lodz: Academy of Art (graduate - Adrianna Lisowska) and College of Art and Design (graduate - Kamilla Fedak).
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■ "The Best of - Wspolczesna polska bizuteria artystyczna - Neues Schmuckdesign aus Polen" exhibition has opened on May 26th, 2005 at the Bettina Meyer Gallery (BETTINA MEYER macht SCHMUCK) in Berlin. The gallery owner, Bettina Meyer, has visited expositions on stands of STFZ and of the GALLERY OF ART IN LEGNICA during the Inhorgenta fairs in Munich. Bettina Meyer has also been viewing pieces published at the www.stfz.art.pl pages; this has prompted her to maintain contact with chosen group of Polish artists and she has invited them to her gallery. This resulted in presentation, which has been noticed and positively evaluated by Berlin audience.
More on this exhibition >>>>

■ On the end of May and the beginning of June 2005 the presentation of pieces created by members of GRUPA SZEŚĆ (SIX GROUP) has been shown in the Gallery of Aleksandra and Janusz Stanko (STANKO GALLERY) in the city of Wroclaw. This artistic group consists of: Bogumil Bytomski, Pawel Kaczynski Krzysztof Roszkiewicz, Marcin Tyminski i Arkadiusz Wolski. This Wroclaw presentation was not the exact copy of the "Wobec" (translating as "In front of") exhibition, presented previously in March 2005 at the KINSKY GALLERY in Sopot. This Wroclaw presentation was rather a kind of revue of recent achievements of participating artists.

■ From June 3rd until June 12th 2005 the SKARBIEC GALLERY of Krakow has been hosting the jewellery artist Pawel Kaczynski and his exhibition uSTALone, which may be translated as "fixed in STEEL". This gallery has been years ago co organizing the "Camelot" International Competition of Artistic Jewellery - one of most prominent jewellery competitions in Poland. Works qualified by an international jury for the "Camelot" competitions were later shown in many European galleries. Today the SKARBIEC GALLERY belongs to top Polish artistic jewellery galleries.
Catalog of Pawel Kaczynski's works >>>>

■ Presentation of fashion and jewellery by many leading Polish creators has opened on June 12th, 2005 in mentioned SKARBIEC GALLERY in Krakow. Pieces by almost 50 top Polish designers were presented then at the SKARBIEC GALLERY exhibiting rooms since June 13th 2005 until June 26th 2005. This June meeting in Krakow happened to be one of most interesting forum or revue of contemporary Polish jewellery, announcing creations to be seen in the top Polish jewellery galleries.
Photo relation and photos of pieces (pl) >>>>

■ Since June 16th 2005 until the end of July 2005 the exhibition "Wspolczesna polska sztuka zlotnicza" (Contemporary Polish Art of Goldsmithing) organized and completed by the GALLERY OF ART IN LEGNICA, after return from Belgrade has been exposed in exhibition rooms of the National Museum in the city of Poznan. This was possible due to kind invitation by Mr. and Mrs. Magdalena and Michal Kwiatkiewicz, owners of the YES Gallery. This Poznan event has been the ninth and last in row but first in Poland presentation of the "Wspolczesna polska sztuka zlotnicza" (Contemporary Polish Art of Goldsmithing) exhibition. Since the year 2003 this exhibition has been shown in 9 cities of 4 countries, promoting our art of goldsmithing and drawing the public attention to what we do in goldsmithing Poland at the break of the XXth and XXIst century.
Photo relation from the opening >>>>
Catalog >>>>

■ At the Gdanskie Centrum Bursztynu - Gdansk Center of Amber the seminar and workshop titled: Sztuka Bursztynu (bursztyn w dobrych rekach) - The Art of Amber (amber in good hands) has been conducted since June 19th 2005 until June 26th 2005. The aim of this event was the promotion of Baltic amber by providing participating artists, coming from different countries, with an opportunity of meeting, discussing, and creating pieces with use of amber. Participants have been also attending meetings with scientists, craftsman and manufacturers specializing in amber, and have been seeing the collections of amber in museums plus have visited areas where amber is discovered and collected. Then participating artists have been creating artistic pieces with use of amber at the workshop, specially prepared and equipped at the GCB - Gdansk Center of Amber. Created pieces were presented at exhibition and will be published in catalog. On our STFZ pages we publish the photo relation informing on this event and showing works created at workshop.
Photos of pieces created at the workshop >>>>

■ The 82nd edition of INFO - The STFZ internal bulletin addressed to the STFZ members, supporting members and members of honor and to jewellery galleries recommended by STFZ has been issued in June 2005. We want to point out the information on regulation of the National Open Competition for Artistic Jewellery "PREZENTACJE 2005" (PRESENTATION 2005) and on the project of creation of the 15th STFZ anniversary catalog publishing works and information on members of our association.

■ The Grzegorz Blazko author`s gallery named BLAZKO KINDERY specializing in artistic jewellery has been presenting the exhibition of pieces by Margot di Cono titled "Zydowskie zareczyny" (Jewish Wedding) by the occasion of the Festiwal Kultury Zydowskiej (Festival of Jewish Culture) in Krakow since June 25th until July 3rd 2005. Margot di Cono, an artist graduated of Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow has presented there 20 geometrical rings inspired by Jewish wedding rings.
More (pl) >>>>

■ It is our pleasure to inform that considerable contribution to promotion and development of the art of goldsmithing by the YES Gallery of Poznan has prompted the STFZ Steering Committee in June 2005 to distinguish unanimously the YES Gallery by the title

"GALERIA REKOMENDOWANA PRZEZ STFZ"
"THE GALLERY RECOMMENDED BY STFZ"

■ The contact net JMG - Jewellery Galleries Exchange

The co organizer of the STFZ and its long time president, Andrzej Bielak, runs in his town of Krakow the BIELAK GALLERY. This gallery conducts very intensive exhibiting activity, organizing at least six jewellery exhibitions every year - one man and group presentation as well. Exhibiting artists were: Lars Tornvaldsson, Wilhelm Tasso Matar, Ester Knobel, Mila Kalnitskaja and Micha Maslennikov, Emilia Gorna and Norbert Wawrzyniak, Krzysztof Piotrowski, Grupa Szesc- Group Six, Jacek Maria Hohensee, Marcin Tyminski, Tomasz Jagiello, Agnieszka Bruzda, Jacek Byczewski. There were also presented numerous repetitions of big events like Legnica's revues or Warsaw's "PREZENTACJE" (Presentations).

The concept of the travelling exhibition: "Artists from Sweden" - "Swedish Jewellery", originally conceived and organized by Mona Wallstrom and Marie-Jose van den Hout, which exhibition has been traveling around galleries of Holland, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and USA has inspired Andrzej Bielak to create an international platform of information exchange on organized exhibitions between galleries presenting pieces of artistic goldsmithing.

Today the list of JMG galleries consists of more then 20 addresses. This way the info on interesting exhibition titled "Brooches" organized by the VELVET DA VINCI gallery of San Francisco, USA, has became accessible to many international viewers. Images of works presented are here: http://www.velvetdavinci.com/show.php?sid=46. We have noticed there works by French jewellery artist, Monika Brugger, whom we remember from AOE conference in Strasbourg in 1997.

From the past

■ The exhibition CAMELOT 1115 has opened in Krakow on June 14th 1997. The development of the CAMELOT exhibitions and competitions has transformed them to the level of international events. This is to be seen at the list of jury members as well as at the list of artists presenting their works. The members of jury of CAMELOT 1115 were: Anton Cepka (jewellery artist of an international reputation), prof. Irena Huml (historian of art), Wojciech Starzecki (the Ofir gallery), prof. Andrzej Szadkowski (Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkoła Sztuk Plastycznych im. Wladysława Strzeminskiego w Lodzi - the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz), dr. Christianne Weber Stober (historian of art, Secretary General of Gesselschaft fur Goldschmiedekunst), Joanna Jaworska (jewellery artist, first price winner at CAMELOT 1114).

The exhibition presented works by 29 artists coming from 6 countries. The first prize winner became Tomasz Troszczynski, other awards have distinguished works by: Jacek Byczewski, Inge Reiner, Petra Blaich-Weiss, and the speccial price - one man exhibition at the Muzeum Sztuki Zlotniczej - the Museum of Art of Goldsmithing in Kazimierz Dolny, went to Jan Suchodolski.

Works presented at the exhibition are described and analyzed in foreword to catalog by Katarzyna Rzehak. Her text, titled "Sposoby na koniec wieku" translating as "Means & manners on the end of the century" presents an interesting description and analyze of Polish art of goldsmithing at the end of XXth century.

The exhibitions of the CAMELOT cycle were the first exhibitions of artistic goldsmithing in Poland after changes of 1989, which have created the homogeneous, modern series of competitions and exhibitions organized by private organizers and companies. We should say that the CAMELOT exhibitions were the first Polish events of this kind reflecting the new reality as result of changes of 1989.

■ Creativity of Jadwiga and Jerzy Zaremski - pioneers of Polish artistic goldsmithing has been elaborated and described in many publications, including the book by Agnieszka Kasprzak Miler "Srebra Jadwigi i Jerzego Zaremskich" - "Silver of Jadwiga and Jerzy Zaremski". In our archives survived a short TV movie report, shoot years ago in the studio of artists. We shall be returning to creation and achievements of Jadwiga and Jerzy Zaremski in our column. Let us begin with information on the exhibition, which until today remains the last Jadwiga and Jerzy Zaremski's retrospective exhibition is opening this topic.

In March 1986 the Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych w Legnicy - Office for Artistic Exhibitions gallery in Legnica has organized the exhibition titled "Jadwiga Jerzy Zaremscy" - "Jadwiga Jerzy Zaremski". This exhibition was presented later in similar galleries in following Polish towns: Nowy Sacz (April 1986), Szczecin (June 1986), Slupsk (July 1986). The catalog, beside it's poor print quality, characteristic for, as we call it, former reality in Poland, serves as a priceless source for historians of art, because, beside photos of works, there is published long list with dates and descriptions of more important exhibitions and publications on Jadwiga and Jerzy Zaremski's creativity.

Unfortunately this Zaremski's exhibition in Legnica was not a joyfull event. During process of preparations to this presentation Jerzy Zaremski suddenly passed away. Proper texts by Irena Huml and Michal Gradowski are published in catalog.