Satyrykon - Legnica 2016

International Exhibition Satyrykon – Legnica 2016

September – November 2016

Poster design: Agata Dudek

Post-competition presentation of the best works of artists from around the world, participants of Satyrykon 2016 - 39th edition of the competition organized by the Legnica Cultural Centre together with the Cultural-Social Fundation Satyrykon. After the show, which took place in June this year in Legnica, the exhibition goes to the Museum of Caricature in Warsaw. For many years Satyrykon enjoyed enormous popularity among artists. This time, 741 authors from 58 countries sent more than 2.5 thousand works, of which 200 will be displayed in the Museum of Caricature. Every year there is an overall theme for the participants, 'Satire and Jokes' and an additional special theme. This year it was 'evil'. Among the presented drawings, photos and graphics there will be works by such artists as Gerhard Gepp (Austria), Grzegorz Myćka (Poland), Houmayoun Mahmoudi (England), Jerzy Głuszek (Poland), Łukasz Kliś (Poland), Aristides Hernandez Ares (Cuba), Mihai Ignat (Romania) Alessandro Gatto (Italy), Andrea Pecchia (Italy), Lex Drewinski (Poland / Germany), Ilya Katz (Israel), Blagovesta Tsvetkov (Bulgaria), Izabela Kowalska-Wieczorek (Poland), Břetislav Kovařík (Czech Republic), Thomas Wiater (Poland).

Organisers:

Muzeum Karykatury im. Eryka Lipińskiego (Museum of Caricature in Warsaw)
Legnickie Centrum Kultury (Legnica Cultural Centre)
Fundacja Kulturalno-Społeczna Satyrykon (Cultural-Social Fundation Satyrykon)

Curated by: Elżbieta Pietraszko
Cooperation by Museum of Caricature: Piotr Kułak

Partners of Museum of Caricature:

Museum of Caricature
Association of Polish Cartoonists (SPAK)
St. Majewski Spółka Akcyjna Sp.k.

Media Partners:

Rzeczpospolita, TVP 2, TVP 3 Warszawa, RMF Classic, Przegląd, W Podróży, Ambasador, Kultura Dostępna, Stolica, The Warsaw Voice, Gdzie? Co? Informator Kulturalny, WP.PL

Museum of Caricature

16 September – 6 November 2016
Opening night: 15 September 2016