GALERIA RETROAVANGARDA 3 edycja – Międzynarodowa Wystawa Kolażu 29.09.2020 – 31.12.2020 Galeria Retroavangarda Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D, 02-305 Warszawa Galeria czynna: wtorek PSYCHEDELIC STYLE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Psychedelic style was a characteristic and easily recognizable style of the second half of the 60s. It referred both to music and visual art. Its development was influenced mainly by the hippie movement (Flower Power ideology), pacifism and interest in the culture of Far East – mostly Buddhism. MARKO KÖPPE :: RETROAVANGARDA Marko Köppe influenced by graphic, design and art since his childhood. Worked as graphic-designer and many other jobs. Loves life, music, nature and art, specially the collage, with its powerful expression.Mixed up with turbulent changing of reality inside and outside ourselves, the facts and feelings, Marko try to create something new, something different, something behind. Turn into a land MERZ – KURT SCHWITTERS’ COMBINATION OF ART AND LIFESEE MORE ON

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JOHN HEARTFIELD AND THE DAWN OF PHOTOMONTAGE John Heartfield – self-portrait with Police Commissioner Zörgiebel, 1929. Photomontage as an art technique was initiated and developed by Dadaists in the interwar period. THE MEANING OF LINE DIRECTIONS IN ART Different compositional layouts evoke different effects on the viewer. The dominance of horizontal lines symbolizes peace, stagnation STORY BEHIND THE ‘LONDON CALLING’ COVER Paul was the stylist and designer of their clothes, and he was Mr. Cool. At the end of this show, he tripped on the curly wire of his basshe looked back like he wanted to kill it, and then he stopped, and went back, picked it up, and did it, as the stage filled with hand-shakers – luckily, one of them was Pennie Smith. MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS The most distinguished artist connected with surrealism is surely Salvador Dali, yet in my opinion far more interesting paintings were created by Magritte.

I HATE MONDAYS!

Many graphic designers and those who teach in this field will surely agree with me that in this profession a good idea is the key. A number of years ago, when I was still a student, I remember I was quite impressed by this poster: PIĘKNA OFELIA JAKO POETYCKI MOTYW ŚMIERCI John Everett Millais, Ofelia, 1851-52. Motyw tonącej Ofelii zawsze inspirował artystów. Sadząc po ilości obrazków w Internecie przedstawiających rozmaite topielice, mam wrażenie, że temat ten staje się coraz bardziej popularny wśród młodych grafików. GALERIA RETROAVANGARDA 3 edycja – Międzynarodowa Wystawa Kolażu 29.09.2020 – 31.12.2020 Galeria Retroavangarda Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D, 02-305 Warszawa Galeria czynna: wtorek PSYCHEDELIC STYLE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Psychedelic style was a characteristic and easily recognizable style of the second half of the 60s. It referred both to music and visual art. Its development was influenced mainly by the hippie movement (Flower Power ideology), pacifism and interest in the culture of Far East – mostly Buddhism. MARKO KÖPPE :: RETROAVANGARDA Marko Köppe influenced by graphic, design and art since his childhood. Worked as graphic-designer and many other jobs. Loves life, music, nature and art, specially the collage, with its powerful expression.Mixed up with turbulent changing of reality inside and outside ourselves, the facts and feelings, Marko try to create something new, something different, something behind. Turn into a land MERZ – KURT SCHWITTERS’ COMBINATION OF ART AND LIFESEE MORE ON

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JOHN HEARTFIELD AND THE DAWN OF PHOTOMONTAGE John Heartfield – self-portrait with Police Commissioner Zörgiebel, 1929. Photomontage as an art technique was initiated and developed by Dadaists in the interwar period. THE MEANING OF LINE DIRECTIONS IN ART Different compositional layouts evoke different effects on the viewer. The dominance of horizontal lines symbolizes peace, stagnation STORY BEHIND THE ‘LONDON CALLING’ COVER Paul was the stylist and designer of their clothes, and he was Mr. Cool. At the end of this show, he tripped on the curly wire of his basshe looked back like he wanted to kill it, and then he stopped, and went back, picked it up, and did it, as the stage filled with hand-shakers – luckily, one of them was Pennie Smith. MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS The most distinguished artist connected with surrealism is surely Salvador Dali, yet in my opinion far more interesting paintings were created by Magritte.

I HATE MONDAYS!

Many graphic designers and those who teach in this field will surely agree with me that in this profession a good idea is the key. A number of years ago, when I was still a student, I remember I was quite impressed by this poster: PIĘKNA OFELIA JAKO POETYCKI MOTYW ŚMIERCI John Everett Millais, Ofelia, 1851-52. Motyw tonącej Ofelii zawsze inspirował artystów. Sadząc po ilości obrazków w Internecie przedstawiających rozmaite topielice, mam wrażenie, że temat ten staje się coraz bardziej popularny wśród młodych grafików. RETROAVANGARDA'S ARTISTS Allan Bealy is an experienced artist. He graduated from The School of Art and Design in Montreal and has for many years worked as a graphic

designer

INTERNATIONAL COLLAGE ART EXHIBITION 2020 International Collage Art Exhibition September 29 th 2020 – December 31 st 2020 Retroavangarda Gallery Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D, 02-305 Warsaw. The third edition of International Collage Exhibition organized by Retroavangarda is coming very soon. This year’s edition will see twice as many participants as last

year’s event.

ANNA KLOS - ABOUT ME - RETROAVANGARDA Retroavangarda Gallery is located in the center of Warsaw, in the modern space of building D that belongs to Jerozolimskie Business Park office complex managed by Apollo Rida. The Gallery has been open since April 2018 and so far it has hosted a number of big, international exhibitions. The scope of art presented at the exhibitions is very wide, from painting to graphics, collage and poster art.

HISTORY OF ART

Reid Miles (1927-1993) Reid Miles is an ingenious graphic designer who worked in the 50s and 60s for Blue Note record company and created there over 500 album designs, which today are splendid examples for subsequent generations of graphic designers.

THE CUBAN POSTER

Cuban poster holds a special place in the history of graphic design due to its unique style and strong, expressive language. Cuban posters from the 60s and 70s have a lot in common with Polish Poster School as

well.

MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS The most distinguished artist connected with surrealism is surely Salvador Dali, yet in my opinion far more interesting paintings were created by Magritte. MYSTICAL ART OF CHRISTIAN VERHELST Christian Verhelst does painting, sculpture but most willingly expresses himself in drawing. He is the author of hundreds of abstract MOÏSE KISLING AND HIS ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS These days, the prices of paintings from the first half of the 20 th century are constantly soaring on the art market. This includes the School of Paris (École de Paris) as well, which had a very interesting representative Moïse Kisling – artist born in Poland, closely related to Modigliani.Kisling was a very prolific artist, he left behind heaps of art pieces but Polish museums are in INTERNATIONAL COLLAGE ART EXHIBITION IN POLAND The exhibition is extraordinary, as it reviews the most interesting and recent accomplishments in this field of art and, at the same time, it is one of the biggest collage expositions in Europe in recent

years.

ANTONIO MARTIN FERRAND Antonio Martin Ferrand was born in 1947 in Spain, in the seaside town of Santander. For the past 30 years he has been creating exclusively analog collages and assemblages. His art is rich in various motifs, forms, shapes and colors: drawings of exotic fish, seashells and sea creatures cut out of pre-war atlases, yellowed maps, letters, documents and envelopes with handwritten calligraphy

RETROAVANGARDA

Retroavangarda – an international, non-profit project promoting contemporary art and artists from all over the world. RETROAVANGARDA GALLERY Retroavangarda Gallery is located in the center of Warsaw, in the modern space of Jerozolimskie Business Park. The Gallery has been open since 2018 and so far hosted a PSYCHEDELIC STYLE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Psychedelic style in graphic design. Psychedelic style was a characteristic and easily recognizable style of the second half of the 60s. It referred both to music and visual art. Its development was influenced mainly by the hippie movement (Flower Power ideology), pacifism and interest in the culture of Far East – mostly Buddhism. JOHN HEARTFIELD AND THE DAWN OF PHOTOMONTAGE Photomontage as an art technique was initiated and developed by Dadaists in the interwar period. Back then, it proved to be the perfect tool for expressing rebellious moods and political critique. One of the first and at the same time most important artists using this technique was John Heartfield. He was German, his real name was

Helmut Herzfeld.

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STORY BEHIND THE ‘LONDON CALLING’ COVER Story behind the ‘London Calling’ cover. It all began on the 20th September 1979. On that day, in Palladium club in New York took place the concert of a British rock group, The Clash. During the concert, the upset bassist wrecked his guitar on the scene, and the moment was captured on photography by Pennie Smith. JAMIE REID AND THE PUNK REBELLION Jamie Reid and the Punk Rebellion. In the first half of the 70s Great Britain saw the rise of an underground subculture, which turned the graphic design of that time upside down. Punk movement took over fashion, music and visual arts and quickly spread to other countries. Its trademark were ragged clothes, Mohawk hairstyle and rowdy music. THE MEANING OF LINE DIRECTIONS IN ART The meaning of line directions in art – horizontals, verticals, diagonals. When painting or composing any project one should consider that different compositional layouts evoke different effects on the viewer and might evoke different connotations. The dominance of horizontal lines in a painting or a graphic design project symbolizes

peace

SACHA ITCHI :: RETROAVANGARDA I'm Itchi, an illustrator, graphic designer and artist living in Paris. After graduating from my art school, I started working as a freelance in 2009. Making collages is now my full time job, and I've worked for various clients such as hotels, book editors, magazines and participated in several exhibitions in France and abroad. Collecting magazines, looking for treasure in flea market or in

I HATE MONDAYS!

Banksy, “I Hate Mondays!”. It depicts two poor and starving boys, probably from Africa. One of them is holding a bucket and is wearing a ragged t-shirt with ‘I hate Mondays’ on it. No one does – you have to go to work and stuff. And this boy is probably no exception – except he is a child.

RETROAVANGARDA

Retroavangarda – an international, non-profit project promoting contemporary art and artists from all over the world. RETROAVANGARDA GALLERY Retroavangarda Gallery is located in the center of Warsaw, in the modern space of Jerozolimskie Business Park. The Gallery has been open since 2018 and so far hosted a PSYCHEDELIC STYLE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Psychedelic style in graphic design. Psychedelic style was a characteristic and easily recognizable style of the second half of the 60s. It referred both to music and visual art. Its development was influenced mainly by the hippie movement (Flower Power ideology), pacifism and interest in the culture of Far East – mostly Buddhism. JOHN HEARTFIELD AND THE DAWN OF PHOTOMONTAGE Photomontage as an art technique was initiated and developed by Dadaists in the interwar period. Back then, it proved to be the perfect tool for expressing rebellious moods and political critique. One of the first and at the same time most important artists using this technique was John Heartfield. He was German, his real name was

Helmut Herzfeld.

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STORY BEHIND THE ‘LONDON CALLING’ COVER Story behind the ‘London Calling’ cover. It all began on the 20th September 1979. On that day, in Palladium club in New York took place the concert of a British rock group, The Clash. During the concert, the upset bassist wrecked his guitar on the scene, and the moment was captured on photography by Pennie Smith. JAMIE REID AND THE PUNK REBELLION Jamie Reid and the Punk Rebellion. In the first half of the 70s Great Britain saw the rise of an underground subculture, which turned the graphic design of that time upside down. Punk movement took over fashion, music and visual arts and quickly spread to other countries. Its trademark were ragged clothes, Mohawk hairstyle and rowdy music. THE MEANING OF LINE DIRECTIONS IN ART The meaning of line directions in art – horizontals, verticals, diagonals. When painting or composing any project one should consider that different compositional layouts evoke different effects on the viewer and might evoke different connotations. The dominance of horizontal lines in a painting or a graphic design project symbolizes

peace

SACHA ITCHI :: RETROAVANGARDA I'm Itchi, an illustrator, graphic designer and artist living in Paris. After graduating from my art school, I started working as a freelance in 2009. Making collages is now my full time job, and I've worked for various clients such as hotels, book editors, magazines and participated in several exhibitions in France and abroad. Collecting magazines, looking for treasure in flea market or in

I HATE MONDAYS!

Banksy, “I Hate Mondays!”. It depicts two poor and starving boys, probably from Africa. One of them is holding a bucket and is wearing a ragged t-shirt with ‘I hate Mondays’ on it. No one does – you have to go to work and stuff. And this boy is probably no exception – except he is a child.

RETROAVANGARDA

Retroavangarda – an international, non-profit project promoting contemporary art and artists from all over the world. RETROAVANGARDA GALLERY Retroavangarda Gallery is located in the center of Warsaw, in the modern space of Jerozolimskie Business Park. The Gallery has been open since 2018 and so far hosted a RETROAVANGARDA'S ARTISTS 29-March-2021. / Retroavangarda's Artists / collage / By Anna Kłos. Antonio Martin Ferrand was born in 1947 in Spain, in the seaside town of Santander. For the past 30 years he has been creating exclusively analog collages and assemblages. His art is rich in various motifs, forms, shapes and colors: drawings of exotic fish, seashells and sea INTERNATIONAL COLLAGE ART EXHIBITION 2020 International Collage Art Exhibition September 29 th 2020 – December 31 st 2020 Retroavangarda Gallery Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D, 02-305 Warsaw. The third edition of International Collage Exhibition organized by Retroavangarda is coming very soon. This year’s edition will see twice as many participants as last

year’s event.

SEUNG MIN HAN

Seung Min Han – positive energy in Korean illustration. 28-March-2021. 29-March-2021. / Graphic design / illustration / By Anna Kłos / 1 Comment. Seung-Min Han was born in Korea in 1976. Graphic designer, illustrator, visual artist and educator based in Seoul. Professor of Hansung University Design & Arts Institute. MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS I encourage you to check out more of their covers. You can easily notice that just like in Magritte’s paintings, Hipgnosis cover art also features the same elements over and over again, in different contexts: spheres, mirror reflections, glass, blue sky or water, beds in outdoor setting, triangular compositions, changing the scale of

objects.

CONTEMPORARY PERUVIAN ART IN RETROAVANGARDA GALLERY On 9 th January 2019 at 6PM Retroavangarda Gallery in Jerozolimskie Business Park cordially invites everyone interested to the opening of a big contemporary Peruvian art exhibition ‘Abstraction and contemporary painting of Peru’. It is a very interesting review of the most recent accomplishments of 28 Peruvian artist. Most pieces were created in 2018 and they are mostly made

I HATE MONDAYS!

Banksy, “I Hate Mondays!”. It depicts two poor and starving boys, probably from Africa. One of them is holding a bucket and is wearing a ragged t-shirt with ‘I hate Mondays’ on it. No one does – you have to go to work and stuff. And this boy is probably no exception – except he is a child. INTERNATIONAL COLLAGE ART EXHIBITION IN POLAND The exhibition is extraordinary, as it reviews the most interesting and recent accomplishments in this field of art and, at the same time, it is one of the biggest collage expositions in Europe in recent

years.

HENRI MATISSE VS PAUL RAND Graphic design and painting might seem to some as distant fields of art but the truth is that artists from both sides face the same

artistic problems,

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Retroavangarda – międzynarodowy projekt non profit promujący sztukę nowoczesną i artystów z całego świata. GALERIA RETROAVANGARDA 3 edycja – Międzynarodowa Wystawa Kolażu 29.09.2020 – 31.12.2020 Galeria Retroavangarda Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D, 02-305 Warszawa Galeria czynna: wtorek PSYCHEDELIC STYLE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Psychedelic style was a characteristic and easily recognizable style of the second half of the 60s. It referred both to music and visual art. Its development was influenced mainly by the hippie movement (Flower Power ideology), pacifism and interest in the culture of Far East – mostly Buddhism. THE MEANING OF LINE DIRECTIONS IN ART Different compositional layouts evoke different effects on the viewer. The dominance of horizontal lines symbolizes peace, stagnation STORY BEHIND THE ‘LONDON CALLING’ COVER Paul was the stylist and designer of their clothes, and he was Mr. Cool. At the end of this show, he tripped on the curly wire of his basshe looked back like he wanted to kill it, and then he stopped, and went back, picked it up, and did it, as the stage filled with hand-shakers – luckily, one of them was Pennie Smith. MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS The most distinguished artist connected with surrealism is surely Salvador Dali, yet in my opinion far more interesting paintings were created by Magritte. JAMIE REID AND THE PUNK REBELLION Jamie Reid – God save the Queen, Record Cover, 1977. In the first half of the 70s Great Britain saw the rise of an underground

subculture, which

I HATE MONDAYS!

Many graphic designers and those who teach in this field will surely agree with me that in this profession a good idea is the key. A number of years ago, when I was still a student, I remember I was quite impressed by this poster: PIĘKNA OFELIA JAKO POETYCKI MOTYW ŚMIERCI John Everett Millais, Ofelia, 1851-52. Motyw tonącej Ofelii zawsze inspirował artystów. Sadząc po ilości obrazków w Internecie przedstawiających rozmaite topielice, mam wrażenie, że temat ten staje się coraz bardziej popularny wśród młodych grafików. SZTUKA GENERATYWNA W ARGENTYNIE Sztuka Generatywna w Argentynie kojarzona jest przede wszystkim z dwoma nazwiskami: Eduardo Mac Entyre (1929 – 2014) i Miguel Ángel Vidal (1928 – 2009). Obaj artyści to główni reprezentanci abstrakcji geometrycznej w Argentynie.

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Retroavangarda – międzynarodowy projekt non profit promujący sztukę nowoczesną i artystów z całego świata. GALERIA RETROAVANGARDA 3 edycja – Międzynarodowa Wystawa Kolażu 29.09.2020 – 31.12.2020 Galeria Retroavangarda Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D, 02-305 Warszawa Galeria czynna: wtorek PSYCHEDELIC STYLE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Psychedelic style was a characteristic and easily recognizable style of the second half of the 60s. It referred both to music and visual art. Its development was influenced mainly by the hippie movement (Flower Power ideology), pacifism and interest in the culture of Far East – mostly Buddhism. THE MEANING OF LINE DIRECTIONS IN ART Different compositional layouts evoke different effects on the viewer. The dominance of horizontal lines symbolizes peace, stagnation STORY BEHIND THE ‘LONDON CALLING’ COVER Paul was the stylist and designer of their clothes, and he was Mr. Cool. At the end of this show, he tripped on the curly wire of his basshe looked back like he wanted to kill it, and then he stopped, and went back, picked it up, and did it, as the stage filled with hand-shakers – luckily, one of them was Pennie Smith. MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS The most distinguished artist connected with surrealism is surely Salvador Dali, yet in my opinion far more interesting paintings were created by Magritte. JAMIE REID AND THE PUNK REBELLION Jamie Reid – God save the Queen, Record Cover, 1977. In the first half of the 70s Great Britain saw the rise of an underground

subculture, which

I HATE MONDAYS!

Many graphic designers and those who teach in this field will surely agree with me that in this profession a good idea is the key. A number of years ago, when I was still a student, I remember I was quite impressed by this poster: PIĘKNA OFELIA JAKO POETYCKI MOTYW ŚMIERCI John Everett Millais, Ofelia, 1851-52. Motyw tonącej Ofelii zawsze inspirował artystów. Sadząc po ilości obrazków w Internecie przedstawiających rozmaite topielice, mam wrażenie, że temat ten staje się coraz bardziej popularny wśród młodych grafików. SZTUKA GENERATYWNA W ARGENTYNIE Sztuka Generatywna w Argentynie kojarzona jest przede wszystkim z dwoma nazwiskami: Eduardo Mac Entyre (1929 – 2014) i Miguel Ángel Vidal (1928 – 2009). Obaj artyści to główni reprezentanci abstrakcji geometrycznej w Argentynie.

RETROAVANGARDA

Retroavangarda – międzynarodowy projekt non profit promujący sztukę nowoczesną i artystów z całego świata. RETROAVANGARDA'S ARTISTS Allan Bealy is an experienced artist. He graduated from The School of Art and Design in Montreal and has for many years worked as a graphic

designer

ANNA KLOS - ABOUT ME - RETROAVANGARDA Retroavangarda Gallery is located in the center of Warsaw, in the modern space of building D that belongs to Jerozolimskie Business Park office complex managed by Apollo Rida. The Gallery has been open since April 2018 and so far it has hosted a number of big, international exhibitions. The scope of art presented at the exhibitions is very wide, from painting to graphics, collage and poster art. MARKO KÖPPE :: RETROAVANGARDA Marko Köppe influenced by graphic, design and art since his childhood. Worked as graphic-designer and many other jobs. Loves life, music, nature and art, specially the collage, with its powerful expression.Mixed up with turbulent changing of reality inside and outside ourselves, the facts and feelings, Marko try to create something new, something different, something behind. Turn into a land MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS The most distinguished artist connected with surrealism is surely Salvador Dali, yet in my opinion far more interesting paintings were created by Magritte.

THE CUBAN POSTER

Cuban poster holds a special place in the history of graphic design due to its unique style and strong, expressive language. Cuban posters from the 60s and 70s have a lot in common with Polish Poster School as

well.

JOHN HEARTFIELD AND THE DAWN OF PHOTOMONTAGE John Heartfield – self-portrait with Police Commissioner Zörgiebel, 1929. Photomontage as an art technique was initiated and developed by Dadaists in the interwar period. ANNA KŁOS - O MNIE - RETROAVANGARDATRANSLATE THIS PAGE Anna Kłos – collages, wystawa indywidualna, Galeria Korekta, Warszawa, 2016, kurator: dr hab. Mlącki ‘TYPE + TEXT’ – International Festival of Typography 2016, Guilin Huaqiao Arts Museum Guilin, China; 2016 KSBDA Fall International Invitational Exhibition, Chungbuk National University in Chungju city, South Korea; 2016 KSBDA Kuala Lumpur International Invitational Exhibition, Galeri

I HATE MONDAYS!

Many graphic designers and those who teach in this field will surely agree with me that in this profession a good idea is the key. A number of years ago, when I was still a student, I remember I was quite impressed by this poster:

ALVARO SÁNCHEZ

Alvaro Sánchez, (ur. 1975) mieszka i pracuje w stolicy Gwatemali.Tworzy kolaże, pracuje jako grafik designer, a także pisze artykuły o muzyce dla mediów drukowanych i cyfrowych. Jest miłośnikiem ostrej muzyki i dobrego wina.

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Retroavangarda – an international, non-profit project promoting contemporary art and artists from all over the world. RETROAVANGARDA GALLERY Retroavangarda Gallery is located in the center of Warsaw, in the modern space of Jerozolimskie Business Park. The Gallery has been open since 2018 and so far hosted a PSYCHEDELIC STYLE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Psychedelic style in graphic design. Psychedelic style was a characteristic and easily recognizable style of the second half of the 60s. It referred both to music and visual art. Its development was influenced mainly by the hippie movement (Flower Power ideology), pacifism and interest in the culture of Far East – mostly Buddhism. STORY BEHIND THE ‘LONDON CALLING’ COVER Story behind the ‘London Calling’ cover. It all began on the 20th September 1979. On that day, in Palladium club in New York took place the concert of a British rock group, The Clash. During the concert, the upset bassist wrecked his guitar on the scene, and the moment was captured on photography by Pennie Smith. JOHN HEARTFIELD AND THE DAWN OF PHOTOMONTAGE Photomontage as an art technique was initiated and developed by Dadaists in the interwar period. Back then, it proved to be the perfect tool for expressing rebellious moods and political critique. One of the first and at the same time most important artists using this technique was John Heartfield. He was German, his real name was

Helmut Herzfeld.

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CONCRETE AND NEOCONCRETE ART OF THE 50S/60S IN BRAZIL Concretes/Neoconcretes Paulistas Exhibition Curator: Macaparana. In São Paulo there is currently an ongoing exhibition of the Concrete and Neoconcrete art of 1950s/60s, which attracts attention of European critics and collectors.In the past few years there has been a significant rise of interest in Brazilian geometric abstract art and the artists presented on the exhibition are of top THE MEANING OF LINE DIRECTIONS IN ART The meaning of line directions in art – horizontals, verticals, diagonals. When painting or composing any project one should consider that different compositional layouts evoke different effects on the viewer and might evoke different connotations. The dominance of horizontal lines in a painting or a graphic design project symbolizes

peace

JAMIE REID AND THE PUNK REBELLION Jamie Reid and the Punk Rebellion. In the first half of the 70s Great Britain saw the rise of an underground subculture, which turned the graphic design of that time upside down. Punk movement took over fashion, music and visual arts and quickly spread to other countries. Its trademark were ragged clothes, Mohawk hairstyle and rowdy music. MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS I encourage you to check out more of their covers. You can easily notice that just like in Magritte’s paintings, Hipgnosis cover art also features the same elements over and over again, in different contexts: spheres, mirror reflections, glass, blue sky or water, beds in outdoor setting, triangular compositions, changing the scale of

objects.

RETROAVANGARDA

Retroavangarda – an international, non-profit project promoting contemporary art and artists from all over the world. RETROAVANGARDA GALLERY Retroavangarda Gallery is located in the center of Warsaw, in the modern space of Jerozolimskie Business Park. The Gallery has been open since 2018 and so far hosted a PSYCHEDELIC STYLE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Psychedelic style in graphic design. Psychedelic style was a characteristic and easily recognizable style of the second half of the 60s. It referred both to music and visual art. Its development was influenced mainly by the hippie movement (Flower Power ideology), pacifism and interest in the culture of Far East – mostly Buddhism. STORY BEHIND THE ‘LONDON CALLING’ COVER Story behind the ‘London Calling’ cover. It all began on the 20th September 1979. On that day, in Palladium club in New York took place the concert of a British rock group, The Clash. During the concert, the upset bassist wrecked his guitar on the scene, and the moment was captured on photography by Pennie Smith. JOHN HEARTFIELD AND THE DAWN OF PHOTOMONTAGE Photomontage as an art technique was initiated and developed by Dadaists in the interwar period. Back then, it proved to be the perfect tool for expressing rebellious moods and political critique. One of the first and at the same time most important artists using this technique was John Heartfield. He was German, his real name was

Helmut Herzfeld.

MERZ – KURT SCHWITTERS’ COMBINATION OF ART AND LIFESEE MORE ON

RETROAVANGARDA.COM

CONCRETE AND NEOCONCRETE ART OF THE 50S/60S IN BRAZIL Concretes/Neoconcretes Paulistas Exhibition Curator: Macaparana. In São Paulo there is currently an ongoing exhibition of the Concrete and Neoconcrete art of 1950s/60s, which attracts attention of European critics and collectors.In the past few years there has been a significant rise of interest in Brazilian geometric abstract art and the artists presented on the exhibition are of top THE MEANING OF LINE DIRECTIONS IN ART The meaning of line directions in art – horizontals, verticals, diagonals. When painting or composing any project one should consider that different compositional layouts evoke different effects on the viewer and might evoke different connotations. The dominance of horizontal lines in a painting or a graphic design project symbolizes

peace

JAMIE REID AND THE PUNK REBELLION Jamie Reid and the Punk Rebellion. In the first half of the 70s Great Britain saw the rise of an underground subculture, which turned the graphic design of that time upside down. Punk movement took over fashion, music and visual arts and quickly spread to other countries. Its trademark were ragged clothes, Mohawk hairstyle and rowdy music. MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS I encourage you to check out more of their covers. You can easily notice that just like in Magritte’s paintings, Hipgnosis cover art also features the same elements over and over again, in different contexts: spheres, mirror reflections, glass, blue sky or water, beds in outdoor setting, triangular compositions, changing the scale of

objects.

RETROAVANGARDA

Retroavangarda – an international, non-profit project promoting contemporary art and artists from all over the world. RETROAVANGARDA GALLERY Retroavangarda Gallery is located in the center of Warsaw, in the modern space of Jerozolimskie Business Park. The Gallery has been open since 2018 and so far hosted a INTERNATIONAL COLLAGE ART EXHIBITION 2020 International Collage Art Exhibition September 29 th 2020 – December 31 st 2020 Retroavangarda Gallery Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D, 02-305 Warsaw. The third edition of International Collage Exhibition organized by Retroavangarda is coming very soon. This year’s edition will see twice as many participants as last

year’s event.

HISTORY OF ART

16-November-2020. 29-March-2021. / History of Art, Painting, Retroavangarda's Artists / abstraction painting, drawing, modern art / By Anna Kłos. For me, the most alluring aspect of studying art is discovering new, unknown before pieces and their creators. I don’t mean here the younger generation (the so-called Young Art) but mature

artists.

CONTACT - RETROAVANGARDA Retroavangarda Gallery at Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D, 02-305 Warsaw Gallery opening times: Tuesday – Friday 11 AM – 7 PM ANNA KLOS - ABOUT ME - RETROAVANGARDA Anna Kłos is the founder and owner of Retroavangarda project, which combines education and art promotion, especially in the international field. As part of the project, Anna Kłos has recently realized several large exhibitions, which she was the curator and organizer of, i.e. Post-Ecuador Poster Bienal, International Collage Exhibition MY ARTWORK - ANNA KLOS - COLLAGES - RETROAVANGARDA Anna Klos - collages. Galeria Retroavangarda Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS I encourage you to check out more of their covers. You can easily notice that just like in Magritte’s paintings, Hipgnosis cover art also features the same elements over and over again, in different contexts: spheres, mirror reflections, glass, blue sky or water, beds in outdoor setting, triangular compositions, changing the scale of

objects.

THE CUBAN POSTER

This is the written testimony by Antonio Perez Niko, author of the most famous posters Hasta la victoria siempre dedicated to Che Guevara: Poster has been published in 1968. It has been realized in October 1967 at the news of the death of Che Guevara. It has been designed with a new technique for Cuba at that time. REID MILES FOR BLUE NOTE Reid Miles (1927-1993) Reid Miles is an ingenious graphic designer who worked in the 50s and 60s for Blue Note record company and created there over 500 album designs, which today are splendid examples for subsequent generations of graphic designers. Why are they so good? When talking about album cover designs it is often said that there is nothing more trivial than the use of a portrait

RETROAVANGARDA

Retroavangarda – an international, non-profit project promoting contemporary art and artists from all over the world. RETROAVANGARDA GALLERY Retroavangarda Gallery is located in the center of Warsaw, in the modern space of Jerozolimskie Business Park. The Gallery has been open since 2018 and so far hosted a PSYCHEDELIC STYLE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Psychedelic style in graphic design. Psychedelic style was a characteristic and easily recognizable style of the second half of the 60s. It referred both to music and visual art. Its development was influenced mainly by the hippie movement (Flower Power ideology), pacifism and interest in the culture of Far East – mostly Buddhism. STORY BEHIND THE ‘LONDON CALLING’ COVER Story behind the ‘London Calling’ cover. It all began on the 20th September 1979. On that day, in Palladium club in New York took place the concert of a British rock group, The Clash. During the concert, the upset bassist wrecked his guitar on the scene, and the moment was captured on photography by Pennie Smith. JOHN HEARTFIELD AND THE DAWN OF PHOTOMONTAGE Photomontage as an art technique was initiated and developed by Dadaists in the interwar period. Back then, it proved to be the perfect tool for expressing rebellious moods and political critique. One of the first and at the same time most important artists using this technique was John Heartfield. He was German, his real name was

Helmut Herzfeld.

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CONCRETE AND NEOCONCRETE ART OF THE 50S/60S IN BRAZIL Concretes/Neoconcretes Paulistas Exhibition Curator: Macaparana. In São Paulo there is currently an ongoing exhibition of the Concrete and Neoconcrete art of 1950s/60s, which attracts attention of European critics and collectors.In the past few years there has been a significant rise of interest in Brazilian geometric abstract art and the artists presented on the exhibition are of top THE MEANING OF LINE DIRECTIONS IN ART The meaning of line directions in art – horizontals, verticals, diagonals. When painting or composing any project one should consider that different compositional layouts evoke different effects on the viewer and might evoke different connotations. The dominance of horizontal lines in a painting or a graphic design project symbolizes

peace

JAMIE REID AND THE PUNK REBELLION Jamie Reid and the Punk Rebellion. In the first half of the 70s Great Britain saw the rise of an underground subculture, which turned the graphic design of that time upside down. Punk movement took over fashion, music and visual arts and quickly spread to other countries. Its trademark were ragged clothes, Mohawk hairstyle and rowdy music. MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS I encourage you to check out more of their covers. You can easily notice that just like in Magritte’s paintings, Hipgnosis cover art also features the same elements over and over again, in different contexts: spheres, mirror reflections, glass, blue sky or water, beds in outdoor setting, triangular compositions, changing the scale of

objects.

RETROAVANGARDA

Retroavangarda – an international, non-profit project promoting contemporary art and artists from all over the world. RETROAVANGARDA GALLERY Retroavangarda Gallery is located in the center of Warsaw, in the modern space of Jerozolimskie Business Park. The Gallery has been open since 2018 and so far hosted a PSYCHEDELIC STYLE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Psychedelic style in graphic design. Psychedelic style was a characteristic and easily recognizable style of the second half of the 60s. It referred both to music and visual art. Its development was influenced mainly by the hippie movement (Flower Power ideology), pacifism and interest in the culture of Far East – mostly Buddhism. STORY BEHIND THE ‘LONDON CALLING’ COVER Story behind the ‘London Calling’ cover. It all began on the 20th September 1979. On that day, in Palladium club in New York took place the concert of a British rock group, The Clash. During the concert, the upset bassist wrecked his guitar on the scene, and the moment was captured on photography by Pennie Smith. JOHN HEARTFIELD AND THE DAWN OF PHOTOMONTAGE Photomontage as an art technique was initiated and developed by Dadaists in the interwar period. Back then, it proved to be the perfect tool for expressing rebellious moods and political critique. One of the first and at the same time most important artists using this technique was John Heartfield. He was German, his real name was

Helmut Herzfeld.

MERZ – KURT SCHWITTERS’ COMBINATION OF ART AND LIFESEE MORE ON

RETROAVANGARDA.COM

CONCRETE AND NEOCONCRETE ART OF THE 50S/60S IN BRAZIL Concretes/Neoconcretes Paulistas Exhibition Curator: Macaparana. In São Paulo there is currently an ongoing exhibition of the Concrete and Neoconcrete art of 1950s/60s, which attracts attention of European critics and collectors.In the past few years there has been a significant rise of interest in Brazilian geometric abstract art and the artists presented on the exhibition are of top THE MEANING OF LINE DIRECTIONS IN ART The meaning of line directions in art – horizontals, verticals, diagonals. When painting or composing any project one should consider that different compositional layouts evoke different effects on the viewer and might evoke different connotations. The dominance of horizontal lines in a painting or a graphic design project symbolizes

peace

JAMIE REID AND THE PUNK REBELLION Jamie Reid and the Punk Rebellion. In the first half of the 70s Great Britain saw the rise of an underground subculture, which turned the graphic design of that time upside down. Punk movement took over fashion, music and visual arts and quickly spread to other countries. Its trademark were ragged clothes, Mohawk hairstyle and rowdy music. MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS I encourage you to check out more of their covers. You can easily notice that just like in Magritte’s paintings, Hipgnosis cover art also features the same elements over and over again, in different contexts: spheres, mirror reflections, glass, blue sky or water, beds in outdoor setting, triangular compositions, changing the scale of

objects.

RETROAVANGARDA

Retroavangarda – an international, non-profit project promoting contemporary art and artists from all over the world. RETROAVANGARDA GALLERY Retroavangarda Gallery is located in the center of Warsaw, in the modern space of Jerozolimskie Business Park. The Gallery has been open since 2018 and so far hosted a INTERNATIONAL COLLAGE ART EXHIBITION 2020 International Collage Art Exhibition September 29 th 2020 – December 31 st 2020 Retroavangarda Gallery Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D, 02-305 Warsaw. The third edition of International Collage Exhibition organized by Retroavangarda is coming very soon. This year’s edition will see twice as many participants as last

year’s event.

HISTORY OF ART

16-November-2020. 29-March-2021. / History of Art, Painting, Retroavangarda's Artists / abstraction painting, drawing, modern art / By Anna Kłos. For me, the most alluring aspect of studying art is discovering new, unknown before pieces and their creators. I don’t mean here the younger generation (the so-called Young Art) but mature

artists.

CONTACT - RETROAVANGARDA Retroavangarda Gallery at Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D, 02-305 Warsaw Gallery opening times: Tuesday – Friday 11 AM – 7 PM ANNA KLOS - ABOUT ME - RETROAVANGARDA Anna Kłos is the founder and owner of Retroavangarda project, which combines education and art promotion, especially in the international field. As part of the project, Anna Kłos has recently realized several large exhibitions, which she was the curator and organizer of, i.e. Post-Ecuador Poster Bienal, International Collage Exhibition MY ARTWORK - ANNA KLOS - COLLAGES - RETROAVANGARDA Anna Klos - collages. Galeria Retroavangarda Jerozolimskie Business Park Aleje Jerozolimskie 146D MAGRITTE VS HIPGNOSIS I encourage you to check out more of their covers. You can easily notice that just like in Magritte’s paintings, Hipgnosis cover art also features the same elements over and over again, in different contexts: spheres, mirror reflections, glass, blue sky or water, beds in outdoor setting, triangular compositions, changing the scale of

objects.

THE CUBAN POSTER

This is the written testimony by Antonio Perez Niko, author of the most famous posters Hasta la victoria siempre dedicated to Che Guevara: Poster has been published in 1968. It has been realized in October 1967 at the news of the death of Che Guevara. It has been designed with a new technique for Cuba at that time. REID MILES FOR BLUE NOTE Reid Miles (1927-1993) Reid Miles is an ingenious graphic designer who worked in the 50s and 60s for Blue Note record company and created there over 500 album designs, which today are splendid examples for subsequent generations of graphic designers. Why are they so good? When talking about album cover designs it is often said that there is nothing more trivial than the use of a portrait

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