Unique, unrepeatable. Polish artistic ceramics of the 1960s

The mid-1950s — a clear gap in Polish architecture and art, is also noticeable in the case of ceramics. Although this field was not subjected to as much pressure from Socialism as painting or sculpture, the emphasis on folklore and tradition was also pronounced here. From the period of the October thaw, artistic ceramics began to develop on an unprecedented scale. New, original shapes appeared, and traditional forms received abstract and strongly stylized decorations. During the lecture, examples of Polish ceramics created in the most important centers with Wrocław, Gdańsk, Warsaw and Krakow at the forefront will be shown.

Bożena Kostuch, PhD, a certified curator at the Department of Artistic Crafts of the National Museum in Kraków, curator of the ceramics collection. Author of scientific and popularizing publications, curator of exhibitions. He specializes in Polish ceramics of the 20th century, is interested in contemporary design and architectural ceramics.