Wrocław Contemporary Museum (; MWW), is a museum located in
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
, Poland. It was established in 2011. It develops relations with contemporary artists by exhibitions and educational events, while expanding its art collection.
Exhibitions
The museum's exhibition program focuses on promoting and popularizing local, progressive and recent phenomena of contemporary art. Its collection in 2019 amounted to 318 objects by Polish and foreign artists. Its concept is based on the legacy of Jerzy Ludwiński, and his combination of conceptual art practice and social debate.
Headquarters
The
air-raid shelter
Air raid shelters are structures for the protection of non-combatants as well as combatants against enemy attacks from the air. They are similar to bunkers in many regards, although they are not designed to defend against ground attack (but ...
on Strzegom Square in
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
was originally intended as a temporary home for the Museum. It is the largest of the five air-raid shelters
Co się stało z naszą pracą, gdzie jest nasze wolne – wystawa „Stosunki pracy”. Karol Sienkiewicz.
(„Gazeta Wyborcza
(; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish nationwide daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It was launched on 8 May 1989 on the basis of the Polish Round Table Agreement and as a press organ of the Solidarity (Polish trade union), t ...
”, 13.06.2016) (in Polish) built in Breslau in the 1940s, designed by Richard Konwiarz, the German architect who designed Berlin Olympic Stadium
The Olympiastadion (), also known in English language, English as the Berlin Olympic Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium, is a sports stadium at Olympiapark Berlin in Berlin, Germany. It was originally designed by Werner March for the 1936 Sum ...
. It is a six-storey building of reinforced concrete. Its outer walls are over one meter thick, and the ceiling is one and a half meters thick. The German architect's shelters referred to the imperial style and to Napoleonic architecture, probably deliberately so as not to betray their function.
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Co się stało z naszą pracą, gdzie jest nasze wolne – wystawa „Stosunki pracy”. Karol Sienkiewicz.
(„Gazeta Wyborcza
(; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish nationwide daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It was launched on 8 May 1989 on the basis of the Polish Round Table Agreement and as a press organ of the Solidarity (Polish trade union), t ...
”, 13.06.2016) (in Polish)
Nie ma ale będzie. Karol Sienkiewicz. („Dwutygodnik”, nr. 65, 2011)
Różne poziomy powagi. Kilka pytań do Doroty Monkiewicz z okazji otwarcia Muzeum Współczesnego. Marcin Krasny. („Obieg”, 01.09.2011)
(in Polish)
W stronę apolityczności. Rozmowa z Andrzejem Jaroszem („Szum”, 24.02.2017)
(in Polish)
External links
Muzeum Współczesne Wrocław
(in Polish)
References
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Museums in Wrocław
Art museums and galleries in Poland
Art museums and galleries established in 2011
2011 establishments in Poland
Registered museums in Poland