“The Joy of Discovery. Antoni Haska”: Screening of the film

Galeria Dyląg in cooperation with Bunkier Sztuki Gallery jointly invite you to a screening of the film “Joy of Discovery. Anthony Haska” (2025).

The film tells about the forgotten artist Antoni Haska, professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. His narrative is carried out in two layers — the first is a story about life, creativity and the joy of discovering many areas of art, while in parallel we observe two owners of a small gallery who lived in his former studio, documenting the artist's legacy.

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For whom: AdultDuration: approx. 40 minutesFree admission. Registration is not required.

Antoni Haska was born on June 6, 1920 in Mikołajki (Lubawa district). In November 1945 he enrolled at the Higher School of Fine Arts in Łódź. He is artistically gifted, passes the general year and quickly begins his studies in easel painting. He attended classes with Władysław Strzeminski (Principles of Forms, History of Art), and studied painting in Leon Ormezowski's studio. In 1947, together with Andrzej Strumiłła, he moved to the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he began his third year of studies. In Krakow, Antoni Haska attends the studios of Eugeniusz Eibisch and Wacław Taranczewski. In addition, he specializes in architectural painting. Since 1951 he has been an assistant, and in 1955 he obtained the title of assistant professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Conservation of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. In 1965 he became the Chair of the Colour of Industrial Space at the newly established Faculty of Industrial Forms. In the years 1970-72 and 1973-75 he served as Dean of this Faculty. In 1979 he received the title of associate professor and in 1990 full professor. In 1957, Antoni Haska created the first non-camera films in Poland. Five of his original tapes have survived to our times. In 1973, in the pavilion of the BWA (today's Bunkier Sztuki) in Krakow, Haska opened the exhibition “Heuristic Games”. A few years later he will show the second part in Krzysztofory. In 1975, Haska was awarded the Prize for Art Criticism. The artist's works are in the collections of the National Museum in Krakow, the National Museum in Warsaw, the Zachęta National Art Gallery, the Museum of Folk Art in Oslo, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo.

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