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WHEN LAUGHTER WAS OUR SHIELD
An exhibition for the 40th anniversary of introducing martial law in Poland 13th December 1981
7 – 31 December 2021
The W-Z Gallery in Warsaw
A presentation of drawings and cartoons published or prepared for print in Polish press before 13th December 1981, and – particularly after that date – as underground publications in samizdat, in foreign press, or created without hope for publication.
From the collections of: The Eryk Lipiński Museum Of Caricature, Maciej Łukasiewicz’s Family, Jerzy Brukwicki, and the artists.
Andrzej Adamowicz, Tomasz Bogusławski, Julian Bohdanowicz, Jan Bokiewicz, Stanisław Bukowski, Antoni Chodorowski, Andrzej Czeczot, Andrzej Dudziński (ps. Jan Kowalski), Jacek Fedorowicz, Jerzy Flisak, Jacek Frankowski, Wiesław Fuglewicz, Zygmunt Januszewski, Michał Jędrczak, Zbigniew Jujka, Janusz Kapusta, Szymon Kobyliński, Wojciech Kołyszko, Andrzej Krauze, Zbigniew Lengren, Edward Lutczyn, Monika Łobodzińska, Sławomir Łuczyński, Edmund Mańczak, Jerzy Medyński, Andrzej Mleczko, Piotr Młodożeniec, Waldemar Moszkowski, Sławomir Mrożek, Leszek Ołdak, Stefan Papp, Andrzej Piekarski, Maciej Pietrzyk, Szczepan Sadurski, Eugeniusz Skorwider, Jacek Staniszewski, Stanisław Szczuka, Zbigniew Ziomecki (ps. Andrzej Gall) and other unknown ones.
Exhibition concept: Elżbieta Laskowska
Collaboration: Paulina Pilcicka
Consultant: Jerzy Brukwicki
Poster graphic design and typography: Tomasz Rupociński, Labografia
Board graphic design: Izabela Bartnik
Media relations: Michalina Musielik-Wypych
English translation: Tomasz Zymer
![Jan Bokiewicz](/templates/yootheme/cache/63/Jan_Bokiewicz_13_13-631aa1b5.jpeg)
Jan Bokiewicz
13 December, 1982
![Michał Jędrczak](/templates/yootheme/cache/78/Michal_Jedrczak-782913d2.jpeg)
Michał Jędrczak
And the nation shall repay them with the same..., 1980/81
![Eugeniusz Skorwider](/templates/yootheme/cache/5c/Eugeniusz_Skorwider-5c29ec10.jpeg)
Eugeniusz Skorwider
For good-willed people to live in peace, 1982
![Andrzej Dudziński](/templates/yootheme/cache/0e/Andrzej_Dudzinski-0e50cc71.jpeg)
Andrzej Dudziński (ps. Jan Kowalski)
Illustration for Adam Michnik's letter smuggled out of prison in Poland and published in 'The New York Times Op-Ed', 21.05.1985
![Jacek Fedorowicz](/templates/yootheme/cache/c7/Jacek_Fedorowicz_visitez-c7c3e42d.jpeg)
Jacek Fedorowicz
Visitez Varsovie! (Visit Warsaw!), 1981
![Jacek Staniszewski](/templates/yootheme/cache/ec/Jacek_Staniszewski-ec381e8c.jpeg)
Jacek Staniszewski
Merry Christmas, the 1980s
![Dosiego roku solidarność](/templates/yootheme/cache/0e/Author_unknown-0e33678b.jpeg)
Author unknown
Happy New Year. Solidarity. From the series: Greetings from the underground, 1982/1983
![Tomasz Bogusławski](/templates/yootheme/cache/f5/Tomasz_Boguslawski-f57d3439.jpeg)
Tomasz Bogusławski
Happy New Year, the 1980s
![Piotr Młodożeniec](/templates/yootheme/cache/5e/Piotr_Mlodozeniec-5e3b9fea.jpeg)
Piotr Młodożeniec
Solidarity 1984. Happy New Year, 1983
![Szczepan Sadurski](/templates/yootheme/cache/4d/szczepan_sadurski_szopka-4db8fd3d.jpeg)
Szczepan Sadurski
New Year's Carollers. Caricatures of: Wojciech Jaruzelski, Jerzy Urban, Lech Wałęsa, Jacek Kuroń, Bogdan Lis, 1982
![Edmund Mańczak Mieczysław Rakowski](/templates/yootheme/cache/25/Manczak-Rakowski-25401579.jpeg)
Edmund Mańczak
Caricature of Prime Minister Mieczysław Rakowski, 1984
![Edmund Mańczak Jerzy Urban](/templates/yootheme/cache/44/Manczak-Urban-4435018e.jpeg)
Edmund Mańczak
Caricature of government spokesman Jerzy Urban, 1984
![Edmund Mańczak Wojciech Jaruzelski](/templates/yootheme/cache/b7/Manczak-Jaruzelski-b7b1b76c.jpeg)
Edmund Mańczak
Caricature of general Wojciech Jaruzelski, 1984
![Autor nieznany Wojciech Jaruzelski](/templates/yootheme/cache/1d/Manczak-Jaruzelski-2-1df2f1d1.jpeg)
Author unknown
"The Red Star above me, and the moral law within me" (Caricature of Wojciech Jaruzelski, the 1980s
![Waldemar Moszkowski](/templates/yootheme/cache/83/Waldemar_Moszkowski-832d3682.jpeg)
Waldemar Moszkowski
– Dad, mum's asking which one's the good party: the government, or the "Solidarity" guys!
![Julian Bohdanowicz](/templates/yootheme/cache/4b/Bohdanowicz_wzmacniacz_sumienia-4b9f7eea.jpeg)
Julian Bohdanowicz
Conscience amplifier: Statute of the PZPR (Polish United Workers Party), 1981
![Andrzej Adamowicz](/templates/yootheme/cache/ad/Adamowicz_solidarnosc-ad32b8de.jpeg)
Andrzej Adamowicz
Solidarity (TV Diary), 1981
![Zygmunt Januszewski](/templates/yootheme/cache/7d/Januszewski_dt-7d834286.jpeg)
Zygmunt Januszewski
Demonism (TV Diary), 1981