Maria Anto

07.11.2017 – 04.02.2018 Maria Anto

Zachęta – National Gallery of Art

curator: Michał Jachuła
cooperation: Katarzyna Kołodziej

Maria Anto’s exhibition at the Zachęta will be the first such extensive review of the artist’s paintings since her death in 2007. Focusing on her works in the 1960s and 1970s, it features about 60 paintings (individual and collective portraits, animal presentations, allegorical scenes and landscapes), as well as drawings and selected archival materials.

The artist’s work follows in the footsteps of the tradition of surrealism – metaphorical painting, naïve art, illustrative fantasy and fairy-tale characters – which have always been imbued with mystery and an atmosphere of uncanniness. As a professional painter, as far back as the beginning of her creative career, she consciously drew upon naïve art. She ignored current artistic tendencies as well as the principles of realistic imagery to the same degree, instead devoting herself to figurative art, combining imagination, memories, and everyday life. From today’s perspective, Maria Anto’s art from her most important and mature period seems to form an exceptionally original, separate position in art. Her paintings are an unprecedented presence on the Polish scene, and the artist created a huge collection of works, achieving an undisputed individualism as a painter.

The exhibition and accompanying publication will re-discover not only Maria Anto’s art, but also present issues in the artistic practice of this woman-painter, who successfully worked in a male-dominated environment for several decades.

Artist's works in the Zachęta collection

  • Zdjęcie pracy The Return
    The ReturnMaria Anto1967
  • Zdjęcie pracy Evening Walk
    Evening WalkMaria Anto1972
  • Zdjęcie pracy Białowieża After a Year
    Białowieża After a YearMaria Anto1974
  • Zdjęcie pracy Still Life at Night
    Still Life at NightMaria Anto1979
  • Zdjęcie pracy The Winter Landscape
    The Winter LandscapeMaria Anto1980
Previous exhibition
  • 10.01 – 30.01.1966
    Maria Anto
    Painting
    Zachęta Central Bureau of Art Exhibitions (CBWA)CBWA
Related media
  • Grafika obiektu:
    mediateka / audio
  • Grafika obiektu: Zachęta. November, December 2017, January 2018
    mediateka / folders / Texts
    Zachęta. November, December 2017, January 2018
    Magazine
  • Grafika obiektu: Maria Anto
    mediateka / posters
    Maria Anto
  • Grafika obiektu: Maria Anto
    mediateka / posters
    Maria Anto
Related events
  • Grafika wydarzenia: Mt animal. Family workshops (in Polish)
    12.11.2017 (Sun) 15:00
    Mt animal. Family workshops (in Polish)
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  • Grafika wydarzenia: Curatorial walk-through accompanying the exhibition of Maria Anto (in Polish)
    19.11.2017 (Sun) 12:15
    Curatorial walk-through accompanying the exhibition of Maria Anto (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • Grafika wydarzenia: Exhibition manual. Workshops for adults (in Polish)
    25.11.2017 (Sat) 17:00
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    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • Grafika wydarzenia: Sunday guided-tours (in Polish)
    26.11.2017 (Sun) 12:15
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  • Grafika wydarzenia: Time. Family workshops accompanying the exhibition of Maria Anto (in Polish)
    26.11.2017 (Sun) 12:30
    Time. Family workshops accompanying the exhibition of Maria Anto (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • Grafika wydarzenia: Zachęta Signs! Guided tour for the deaf ( in Polish Sign Language)
    07.12.2017 (Thu) 17:00
    Zachęta Signs! Guided tour for the deaf ( in Polish Sign Language)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • Grafika wydarzenia: Il deserto dei Tartari. Film screening
    12.12.2017 (Tue) 18:00
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    Zachęta | cinema room (entrance from Burschego street)cinema room
  • Grafika wydarzenia: Meeting with Zuzanna Janin accompanying the exhibition of Maria Anto
    14.12.2017 (Thu) 18:00
    Meeting with Zuzanna Janin accompanying the exhibition of Maria Anto
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • Grafika wydarzenia: Looking / Seeing. Contemporary art and the seniors (in Polish)
    15.12.2017 (Fri) 12:15
    Looking / Seeing. Contemporary art and the seniors (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • Grafika wydarzenia: New Year's guided tour (in Polish)
    01.01.2018 (Mon) 17:00
    New Year's guided tour (in Polish)
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  • Grafika wydarzenia: Accessible art. Guided tour for the blind (in Polish)
    10.01.2018 (Wed) 17:00
    Accessible art. Guided tour for the blind (in Polish)
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  • Grafika wydarzenia: Neverland. Family workshops (in Polish)
    14.01.2018 (Sun) 12:30
    Neverland. Family workshops (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • Grafika wydarzenia: Meeting with Ewa Toniac accompanying th eexhibition of Maria Anto (in Polish)
    23.01.2018 (Tue) 18:00
    Meeting with Ewa Toniac accompanying th eexhibition of Maria Anto (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • Grafika wydarzenia: Sunday guided-tours (in Polish)
    28.01.2018 (Sun) 12:15
    Sunday guided-tours (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • Grafika wydarzenia: Painter. Painters. Painting
    01.02.2018 (Thu) 17:00
    Painter. Painters. Painting
    Event accompanying the exhibition of Maria Anto (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta
  • Grafika wydarzenia: Final guided tour through the exhibitions of Maria Anto and Marian Bogusz (in Polish)
    04.02.2018 (Sun) 17:00
    Final guided tour through the exhibitions of Maria Anto and Marian Bogusz (in Polish)
    Zachęta – National Gallery of ArtZachęta

Information

Maria Anto
07.11.2017 – 04.02.2018

Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
pl. Małachowskiego 3, 00-916 Warsaw
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Godziny otwarcia:
Tuesday – Sunday 12–8 p.m.
Thursday – free entry
ticket office is open until 7.30 p.m.