Andrzej Jan Wróblewski: Invisible Forces of Nature in Art and Design

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AJW with his students from the Academy of Fine Arts, at the debut of "OPUS 5" in Warsaw (1978). "OPUS 5" was a kinetic, interactive installation that was created as an analogy to a musical instrument.

Courtesy of the Gallery.

This exhibition looks at the expansive and significant career of artist and designer Andrzej Jan Wróblewski through investigating AJW’s unconditional respect for, and admiration of, nature and his life-long passion for science and art. A consistent theme in AJW’s creative work has been the desire to visually represent the invisible forces of nature: resonance, kinetic energy, gravity, viscosity and radiance, as well as tensions and conflicts between nature and civilization. Walk era through era exploring a career spanning seven decades and implementing innumerable media: From kinetic sculptures to the beginnings of digital art, heavy duty construction machinery design, tapestries, children’s book illustration and everything in between. There is something fascinating for everyone to explore.

About the Artist:

Co-Founder and the first Dean of the Faculty of Industrial Design (1977), and then Rector at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, Andrzej Jan Wróblewski (AJW) played an important role in the historical development and advancement of industrial design in Poland and the USA. For his lifetime contributions, he was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. Wróblewski was named one of the three most influential Polish designers of the 20th century, and his works are in the permanent collections around the world including The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, The National Museum and Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, Poland and The Beckman Institute. In 2019, he founded AJW Design Studio, where his design and art practices are continued, enhanced and kept alive.