{"id":33974,"date":"2026-05-05T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/publikacje\/koszyce-wyobrazone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:47:15","slug":"koszyce-wyobrazone","status":"publish","type":"publikacje","link":"https:\/\/mck.krakow.pl\/en\/publikacje\/koszyce-wyobrazone\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagined Ko\u0161ice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The city was not only a natural frame for the daily existence of artists, but also became a source of inspiration. In their works, Ko\u0161ice real meets the imaginary. Therefore, fragments of the urban landscape, symbols of industrialization and civilization progress, urban lifestyle and leisure culture, such as the theme of a cafe, were readily used. He appears with G\u00e9za Schiller, who, before arriving in Ko\u0161ice, was associated, among others, with the Budapest community. The artist, a frequent visitor of cafes, in which he passionately devoted himself to discussions on Picasso’s work – which, incidentally, earned the nickname Silanyi-Schiller Picasso – recreated the atmosphere of the well-known venues in his work entitled “In the cafe” (1924). The crowded interior is filled with various types of characters – a figure of a waiter appears in the foreground serving a group of guests, a female figure pensive over the cup, a bored girl leaning her elbows on a cafe counter. It resembles a bartender from the iconic image of \u00c9douard Manet “Bar in Folies-Berg\u00e8re”. Similarly, the male figure in the right part of the canvas can be a distant echo of the works of Picasso or Modigliani.
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The same motif, but obtained quite differently by means of painting, can be found in J\u00falius Jakoby from Ko\u0161ice, sometimes called the city’s “chronicler”. In the composition “In the bar” (1929), attention is drawn to a somewhat fragmentary, “snapshot” framing – it is manifested even in the “cut off” silhouette of the female figure and closeness to the foreground. The couple depicted freely on chairs and with cigarettes in their hands, silently devote themselves to the cafe ritual. This small detail also reminds that the interwar period contributed to the popularization – now quite not so enthusiastically supported – of the habit of smoking cigarettes, which in the case of women was even emancipatory and at the same time an inseparable attribute of cafe life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n Przewodnik Gru\u0161y to ksi\u0105\u017cka o czeskiej historii (zw\u0142aszcza niedawnej) oraz o czeskich mitach i legendach. Ale tak\u017ce o ciemnych stronach przesz\u0142o\u015bci tego kraju, o czeskich kompleksach, \u201etrupach w szafie\u201d i zdarzeniach, o kt\u00f3rych dzi\u015b \u2013 mimo wolno\u015bci s\u0142owa \u2013 m\u00f3wi si\u0119 tam raczej niech\u0119tnie. W dodatku to ksi\u0105\u017cka wspania\u0142ego erudyty i cz\u0142owieka obdarzonego ogromn\u0105 wiedz\u0105, napisana ze swad\u0105, z typowo czeskim poczuciem humoru i autoironi\u0105, pe\u0142na zabawnych gier s\u0142\u00f3w i poetyckich obraz\u00f3w. A jednocze\u015bnie mo\u017cna je\u017adzi\u0107 po Czechach trzymaj\u0105c j\u0105 na kolanach, bo spe\u0142nia tak\u017ce niemal wszystkie wymogi typowego przewodnika. <\/div>\n\n
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We exhibited avant-garde paintings by artists from Ko\u0161ice, created in the second decade of the 20th century, at the MCK from 16 September to 27 November 2016 \u2013 link to the article on the exhibition \u2018Ko\u0161ice Modernism\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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