satyrykon

I am on the train coming back from Satyrykon. It has been the first Satyrykon in my life. I have never participated in it neither as an artist, nor as a jury member. I try to remember the past. Satirical drawing has been present in various moments of my life, and thanks to it I […]

For forty years now it has stirred up strong emotions continuously. It seems that anyone who has had contact with it, “knows better” what it SHOULD look like. It is often admitted by those who come from far away. On a regular basis, these close ones are not satisfied with it.It has always been eager

Interview with Magda Wosik, Satyrykon 2017 Grand Prix winner Satyrykon: Have you ever met an exhibitionist? Or, speaking more seriously, what are the secrets which are uncomfortable to reveal today? Magda Wosik: Let me answer this way: A meeting of that type wasn’t my inspiration for that drawing. There are fewer and fewer taboo issues in

We talk about this year’s “Sharp-eye Skills” with professor Dariusz Vasina Satyrykon: As the Narrative Drawing Workshop (Pracownia Rysunku Narracyjnego), as the name itself suggests, do you tend to tell stories? Are you going to play the part of a Scheherazade at this year’s Satyrykon? Or, having in mind that among many other characters which

Interview with Anna Pałosz Satyrykon: Have you chosen Katowice academy due to its poster design traditions, or has it been at the academy that you have taken an interest in poster? Anna Pałosz: Poster has always been close to me, the means it uses (mental shortcut, synthesis) to be exact. The Poster Design Workshop seemed

Interview with Natalia Stachura, the author of Satyrykon 2017 poster Satyrykon: It’s hard not to notice that Your jolly cactus, the character from the Satyrykon 2017 poster is running in opposite direction than our Satyrykon knave, Filip – the symbol, the logo and the monument (Zygmunt Januszawski’s design). Is it running to fall into his

In this year’s Satyrykon poster a sympathetic figure is running in almost dancing step. Do these ballet legs belong to e.g. Misha Baryshnikov? Or, following in that direction, might they symbolise the lightness and grace with which the Russians accounted for the strong point in Satyrykon since the beginnings of its international career? If so,

Satyrykon Gallery will host the exhibition of works by Marianna Oklejak. It consists of her illustrations to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, ’the caricatures’ of Europe’s most popular sights coming from the series of “little travellers’ guidebooks”, some snapshots from musical events and most of all the illustrations from her book which has recently made quite