The Treasure of Środa Śląska, 1 September - 24 October 2010
HISTORIC IRONS AND WASHING EQUIPMENT
5 July - 26 September 2010
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CASSONE AND CREDENZE.
ITALIAN FURNITURE FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN WROCŁAW
November 2009 – November 2010
Italian Renaissance furniture is a relative rarity in Polish museum collections which makes this presentation of cassoni and credenzae particularly interesting. The cassone (“large chest”) were used to store valuables and clothing: particularly ornate were those forming part of the bridal suite. The credenza (sideboard) was a low storage cabinet resembling today’s chest and originally used as a buffet for tasting food before serving.
Floodwall by Jana Napoli, 15 July - 5 September 2010
The installation by the American artist Jana Napoli, comprising 350 drawers, is a poignant testimony to the cataclysm that devastated New Orleans five years ago: on 29 August 2005, the city was ravaged by the hurricane Katrina: 1.3 million people were forced to leave their homes, 1836 died. The artist, native of New Orleans, returned to the city soon afterwards and was deeply moved by what she saw. In an effort to commemorate the tragedy of the city and its residents, she collected hundreds of drawers spread among the debris in water and mud, and reassembled them to create an installation intended as a monument to the victims. She explains” “These drawers are simultaneously full and empty: they no longer contain – as they used to – clothes, lingerie, cutlery, love letters, but they are filled with the memory of time and place.”
PLANNED EXHIBITIONS:
Teresa Jakubowska - 20 September - 1 November 2010
