Kurier Plus Gallery presents:

Group exhibition by the KRAK Group from Los Angeles entitled "Krak Confessions".

Opening reception: Friday, November 10, 7 to 9 pm.

November 10-24, 2006, weekdays from 10 am to 4 pm at Kurier Plus Gallery, 145 Java Street. Brooklyn, New York 11222.

Curators: Janusz Skowron and Andrew Kolodzey.

Tickets: Free!

Joanna Fodczuk, 25x50 inches, water color on paper, Burst3, 2006

Twenty-five years ago I knew several Polish visual artists in Los Angeles. Having a lot in common, we were constantly meeting at cafes, parties, our studios and even on the beach. We were all young aspiring artists holding the MFA degree. I suggested that we could form a group and exhibit together under the name of KRAK, since we were all from the city of Krakow, Poland.

They laughed, saying that the group wouldn’t even survive the preparation stages for its first exhibition. But that first exhibition did take place, with four participating artists, at the “Top ‘O’ Art Gallery” in West Hollywood, CA. Against all odds, our group of four survived its first exhibitions and exploded into a group of fifteen exhibiting artists. We have held numerous exhibitions in California and Mexico, occasionally inviting Polish artists from various states and countries to exhibit with us. The pivotal intent of the painters, graphic artists and sculptors who now form the KRAK Art Group is to filter images from today’s Californian life through their own artistic experiences and their cosmopolitan sensitivity.

This November we are celebrating our Silver Anniversary under the auspices of the Chopin & Friends Festival with an exhibition at the “Kurier Plus Gallery” in New York City. We will present “KRAK CONFESSIONS“, an exhibition of our recent works, accompanied during the opening reception (as is our practice) by a presentation of poems by our KRAK Poetry Group. You are all invited!

- Andrew Kolodziey

Andrew Kolodzey, 28x34 inches, oil on canvas, Pacific Coast HWY