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A Century of Polish Artists in Britain

Rachel Dickson

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Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
28 October 2021

Art styles not defined by date; Art Forms; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Migration, immigration & emigration

A new survey of the contribution of Polish-born artists to British visual culture based on Ben Uri's exhibition of the same title. It is particularly apt as the Polish community approaches its millionth citizen in Britain, making it the nation's largest migrant group, and as Poland is about to celebrate its centenary as an independent nation state. It narrates the story of the Polish community in Britain and Poland's recent turbulent history through the lens of art, tracing the complex stories of Polish-born artists - both Jews and non-Jews - who fled successive regimes, were variously persecuted, imprisoned and interned, crossed continents. But it also looks at Polish people born to today's world, who have come to Britain to study or develop professionally. It brings together a century of artworks and archival material by both celebrated and lesser-known Polish-born artists from the Ben Uri Collection, as well as Polish institutions and private collectors in Britian. Paintings, posters, prints, drawings, cartoons, book illustrations, film and sculpture explore issues of identity and migration, whilst intersecting with formal art historical developments, ranging from expressionism to Pop Art.

AUTHOR: Rachel Dickson, Head of Curatorial Services, is co-curator at Ben Uri Gallery and Museum and has curated and published extensively on twentieth-century British artists of Jewish descent, and emigre artists in particular from two successive waves of migration. Dickson edited and contributed to the first UK museum monograph on renowned American contemporary artist, Judy Chicago.

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First survey of a century-long contribution of Polish artists in Britain .

Tells parallel narratives of Polish Jewish and non-Jewish artists and their respective cultural contributions .

Includes contemporary Polish artists currently working in Britain who came for wholly positive reasons .

Contributes to current debates around migration and identity .

Includes material from private archives and collections

83 colour illustrations

Edited by: Rachel Dickson
Imprint: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 220mm,
Weight: 780g
ISBN: 9780900157660
ISBN 10: 0900157666
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 28 October 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Rachel Dickson (Ben Uri Research Unit) has curated, researched and published extensively on 20th-century emigre artists in Britain, of Jewish and non-Jewish descent.