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Surreal Journey – Photostory “The Night of the Great Season” at the Kunstalle in Mulhouse

Exhibitions are like invitations on a journey. This could be an interior journey, discovering an idea, a form of artistic expression or aesthetic, but it could also be a geographical journey to a new world – wrote Michel Samuel – Weis to introduce the exhibition “The Night of the Great Season” at the Kunstalle in Mulhouse in eastern France. Contemporary Lynx received this invite and without hesitation decided that this exhibition calls for a journey. The show lets us discover a young generation of artists born in the 80s inspired by surrealism – among them Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, Tomasz Kowalski and Agnieszka Polska – next to the older generation of important figures in Polish avant-garde and post-war art – Bruno Schulz, Tadeusz Kantor, Erna Rosenstein and Alina Szapocznikow, curated by Martha Kirszenbaum.

La Kunsthalle in Mulhouse, France, poster of the exhibition The Night of the Great Season, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

La Kunsthalle in Mulhouse, France, poster of the exhibition The Night of the Great Season, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, Planet, Oil on Canvas, 144 x 111 cm, Courtesy of the Artist, Foksal Gallery Foundationa, Hauser & Wirth and La Kunsthalle in Mulhouse, France, photo Contemporary Lynx, The Night of the Great Season, Mulhouse, March 2014

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Alina Szapocznikow, Autoportrait II, 1966, Bronze Sculpture, Courtesy of the Estate of Alina Szapocznikow/ Piotr Stanislawski/ Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

Alina Szapocznikow, Autoportrait II, 1966, bronze. Courtesy of Piotr Stanislawski Loevenbruck Gallery, Paris, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

Alina Szapocznikow, Autoportrait II, 1966, bronze. Courtesy of Piotr Stanislawski Loevenbruck Gallery, Paris, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

Bruno Schulz, Groteska. Kataryniarz na Podworku, 1936, drawing, 16,9cm x 19,9cm, Collection of Emanuel Ringelblum, courtesy of Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

Bruno Schulz, Groteska. Kataryniarz na Podworku, 1936, drawing, 16,9cm x 19,9cm, Collection of Emanuel Ringelblum, courtesy of Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

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The exhibition view, The Night of the Great Season, La Kunsthalle in Mulhouse, France,photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

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The exhibition view, The Night of the Great Season, La Kunsthalle in Mulhouse, France,photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

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Alina Szapocznikow, The Night of the Great Season, exhibition curated by Martha Kirszenbaum, La Kunsthalle in Mulhouse, general view, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

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Document by Andrzej Wajda, Umarla Klasa by Tadeusz Kantor, TVP, 1976, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014


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La Kunsthalle in Mulhouse, general view, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

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La Kunsthalle in Mulhouse, general view, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

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La Kunsthalle in Mulhouse, general view, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

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Jakub Julian Ziolkowski, The Night of the Great Season, exhibition curated by Martha Kirszenbaum, La Kunsthalle in Mulhouse, general view, photo Contemporary Lynx, Mulhouse, March 2014

“The Night of the Great Season”
Artists: Bruno Schulz, Tadeusz Kantor, Erna Rosenstein, Alina Szapocznikow, Agnieszka Polska, Jakub Julian Ziółkowski and Tomasz Kowalski
Curator: Martha Kirszenbaum
The Kunsthalle is a cultural institution in the city of Mulhouse. The exhibition “The Night of the Great Season” is supported by the Polish Institute in Paris

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Sylwia
Krasoń

Sylwia Krasoń CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Lynx, an international online magazine founded in 2013. Since 2024, she has been the sole owner of Contemporary Lynx, an arts organization she co-founded. Under her leadership, the organization transitioned from simultaneous online and print editions (2015–2023) to fully embracing the digital era with an online magazine. Beyond publishing weekly articles, Contemporary Lynx offers a rich educational and artistic program, including Lynx Academy, panel discussions, events, and art prizes, in collaboration with partners across Europe and beyond. She also serves as President of the Contemporary Lynx Foundation in Warsaw, which she co-founded in 2017. Sylwia holds an MA in Arts Policy & Management (specializing in curating contemporary art) from Birkbeck, University of London (2012) and an MA in History of Art from Jagiellonian University in Kraków (2008). With 15 years of experience in the art field, she has held roles at Philips de Pury, Saatchi Gallery, Barbican Art Gallery, and Zderzak Gallery. She also co-founded a pop-up art gallery in London (2012). She is the author of workshop programs “Storytelling for Creatives” and “How to Make a Magazine”, supported by Arts Council England. A seasoned conference speaker, workshop facilitator, and jury panel member, Sylwia writes on art and culture. She is currently based in Paris.

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