Temporary Exhibition: Radek Dąbrowski. Under the Volcano

Radek Dąbrowski's exhibition "Under the Volcano" and the accompanying publication are the result of his travels around the world, expeditions that are a test of his mental and physical capabilities, an opportunity to learn more about himself as a person and as an artist.

Distant, rarely visited places evoke extreme emotions ranging from euphoria and awe to hopelessness, fear and loss. They are united by an experience of the sublime described by the philosopher Edmund Burke as a passion triggered by the great and sublime in nature, evoking awe and terror at the same time.

The photographs, which often depict a lone figure standing over a precipice, seen from behind, or looking out into a boundless landscape, evoke associations with the Romantic paintings of Caspar David Friedrich. Their collection was included in the book "The Vistas (2018), published in collaboration with Dutch art historian Katalin Herzog, who looked at Dąbrowski's photographs in the context of various theories of the idea of the sublime in art and philosophy. Five years later, the duo of authors undertook a new project, and this collaboration resulted in the book "Under the Volcano" and the current exhibition at the National Museum in Szczecin.

More Information: muzeum.szczecin.pl