Author Description

Katarzyna Kobro (1898?1951) and Wladyslaw Strzeminski (1893?1952) appeared and were active in a turbulent time marked by the October Revolution in Russia, the two world wars, and the horrendous consequences these circumstances led to in Poland and the rest of Europe, changing both the political and artistic climate. Kobro and Strzeminski were born in Russia and moved among the radical Russian avant-garde circles that included Vladimir Tatlin, Alexander Rodchenko, and Kazimir Malevich. Kobro and Strzeminski fled to Poland in the early 1920s as the situation for artists became increasingly repressive in Russia. They quickly became central figures in the Polish art scene. However, even though they were extremely active and maintained close ties with the most prominent artists of the European avant-garde movements, the two have been left out of the official narrative of modern art history.00Exhibition: Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden (10.03.? 02.09.2018).