Lecture: “Constantin Brâncuși – sculptor and photographer”

8 August 2025, 11.00

We invite you to a lecture from the series Mature for Art, which will introduce you to one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. However, it will focus on the photographic work of the Romanian artist, presenting it as a separate field of artistic activity.

Constantin Brâncuși is one of the key sculptors of the first half of the 20th century, who made his mark on art history not only through his innovative sculptural works. His activity in the field of photography is also extremely fascinating – the Romanian artist left behind hundreds of original negatives and prints he made himself. These are not only an invaluable source of additional knowledge about his sculptural work, but also show photography as a parallel field of creative activity and conscious self-presentation.

Dr Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk's lecture will focus on Brâncuși's photographic activity in the context of his sculptural explorations, but also on other photographic experiments undertaken in artistic circles at the time.

The Mature to Art meetings, led by art historian and long-time ICC associateDr. Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk, are aimed at adult audiences, with a particular focus on mature audiences. The lectures analyse issues related to art history and culture in relation to the themes presented in the exhibition “One eye laughs, the other cries. Art from Romania in the Collection of Ovidiu Şandor” and will also be explored in the next exhibition at the MCK, entitled “Brâncuși. Sculpting with Light” (opening in September 2025). This is an excellent opportunity for discussion and a deeper understanding of the works on display and their context.

This is an excellent opportunity for discussion and a deeper understanding of the presented artworks and their context.

The event is held in a hybrid form: stationary at the headquarters of the International Cultural Centre and online via the Zoom platform.

Participation in the lectures is free of charge.

Duration is approximately 60 minutes.

To receive a link to participate in the online meeting, please send your application to the following email address: warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl

Dr. Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk – art historian, curator. Studied art history at Jagiellonian University, Universität Wien and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Graduate of the interdisciplinary study program Environment-Technology-Society (UJ). Author of scholarly articles on 20th century art and architecture and publications in exhibition catalogs and journals. Co-editor of an anthology of image/body texts and the publication “Komponowanie przestrzeni. Rzeźby awangardy”. Co-author and curator of the artistic and scientific program “Exercising Modernity” (Pilecki-Institut Berlin). As part of her doctoral thesis being prepared at the Institute of Art History at the Jagiellonian University, she is conducting research on the concept of space in the work of Katarzyna Kobro.

The International Cultural Centre in Krakow and the Romanian Cultural Institute in Warsaw are co-organisers of the exhibition “Brâncuși. Sculpting with Light” (opening in September 2025).

Event within the framework of the Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025

The Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025 is organized by the Romanian Ministry of Culture and the Romanian Institute of Culture, on the Romanian side, and by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, in cooperation with the Polish Institute in Bucharest, on the Polish side.

For details, write to warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl or call +48 12 42 42 860.

The offer is under the auspices of the monthly magazine “Voice of the Senior”.

We would like to inform you that during classes, workshops, meetings, gallery lessons, lectures, photos may be taken for the needs of the International Cultural Centre in Cracow (including, among others, for documentation and information on the ICC website and on the ICC profiles on Facebook and Instagram). If you do not agree to this, please inform us in advance. Photos may include images of people participating in the classes and images of works made during the classes. Failure to provide written information to the Exhibition Center before the start of the classes is tantamount to consenting to the International Cultural Center in Krakow's use of the photos mentioned above.