Kobro and Strzemiński: Avant‑Garde Prototypes

Katarzyna Kobro (1898‐1951) and Władysław Strzemiński (1893‐1952) are key figures in Central European avant‐garde, authors of original artistic concepts which radicalised modernist assumptions on the one hand and transgressed them on the other. They co‐initiated the first exhibition of Polish constructivism (Vilnius, 1923) and co‐founded the most important groups of Polish avant‐garde. Co‐organised by the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid and the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, the exhibition was meant to popularise the work of these exceptional artists and, as a consequence, to problematize established notions regarding modern art.