Message from the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland
H.E. Przemyslaw Grudzinski
on the occasion of the opening of the Nevin Kelly Gallery

The image of Polish contemporary art - a diversified interesting product of Europe's XX century artistic heritage, post-modern tendencies and the new media which made great inroads into Polish art already in the early seventies.

We may wonder, what choices could be made by an American art-lover who wants to bring the art from Poland to the US. Nevin Kelly decided to present in his recently opened gallery the paintings by the artists, not only popular and best selling on the contemporary art market of central Europe, but also deeply rooted in Polish artistic tradition.

Widely known and internationally recognized, apparently emotionless, yet full of expression, painted faces - masks by Stasys, a Lithuanian artist living in Poland; still-lifes and landscapes by Kasprzyk, Pala and Huculak; post-modern realism and narrative form of painting by Kokoryn and Karabowicz - all that in many different ways reminds us of the best tradition of Polish contemporary art: from awareness and self-consciousness of the XX century avant-garde through the sensitivity of the colourists. All that creates a unique dimension of color and mood - a true flavor of Poland

I am convinced that the Nevin Kelly Gallery from now on will be frequently visited by all those, who want to feet' the real vivid pulse of cultural life in Washington.

Washington, June 16, 2003