Opening of the exhibition showcasing the winning work of the second edition of the Chris Schwarz Memorial Art Award – “A Safe Place”

In June, the Galicia Jewish Museum will host the opening of the exhibition showcasing the winning work of the second edition of the Chris Schwarz Memorial Art Award – “A Safe Place.” Chris Schwarz was a British photo journalist and the founder and first director of the Galicia Jewish Museum. His intellectual courage, willingness to ask the most difficult questions and efforts made to answer them brought countless people together and gave them a new understanding of Polish-Jewish history. Chris died prematurely in 2007, but the Museum continues his mission to this day.

In 2018, the Galicia Jewish Museum inaugurated an open-call art competition dedicated to his memory. It is intended to be a cyclical competition with each edition devoted to a different theme. The winner of the competition’s second edition is Xawery Deskur and his work “The Place of Singing Stones.” The exhibition is a multimedia spatial installation inspired by the figure of Sat-Okh – Stanisław Supłatowicz, otherwise known as the “Polish Indian.” The exhibition will be on display at the Mirisch & Lebenheim Gallery of the Galicia Jewish Museum from June 15 to September 3, 2023.

About the artist:
Xawery Deskur – A visual artist, filmmaker and sculptor. Graduate of the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts (2015), the SCRIPT Screenwriting Course and the DOK PRO documentary film program at the Wajda School and Studio in Warsaw. Recipient of the “Młoda Polska” Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport (2021) and the City of Kraków Creative Scholarship (2022). Winner of the Hestia Artistic Journey competition (Warsaw, 2014). Participant in art and film festivals including Sundance TV Shorts in London, the Berlin Short Film Festival, Artloop in Sopot, the WRO Biennale in Wrocław, Narracje Festival in Gdańsk, the Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, the Kraków Art Salon and ArtBoom in Kraków. He is currently pursuing his doctorate at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. He is also the caretaker of Lars, a rabbit rescued from a Warsaw laboratory.

Free admission.