BWA 1980: Ocalone / Zapomniane poster

The exhibition BWA 1980: Ocalone / Zapomniane (“Saved / Forgotten”) recalls the fire at the pavilion of the Biura Wystaw Artystycznych (BWA, “Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions”; the predecessor of the State Art Gallery) in Sopot, Poland, which occurred on April 14, 1980. As a result of the fire, the headquarters of the gallery were destroyed. The fire also consumed a significant part of the collection. The scale of loss was, unfortunately, enormous, and 280 works of art – paintings, prints, sculptures by well-known artists from Pomerania – were lost.

The design of the poster, set in Area, is a metaphorical reminder of how easy it is for us to forget certain things and how our minds can be deceitful in what we remember and what we forget. This paradox is symbolized by the rotated shape of the brain and the non-linear letters of the exhibition title.