„Śmieszne i straszne”. Rysunki Stanisława Lema. Na marginesie wystawy w Galerii dylag.pl Kraków 13 marca - 26 kwietnia 2008
"Funny and Scary". Drawings by Stanisław Lem. On the Margins of the Exhibition at the dylag.pl Gallery, Kraków, March 13 - April 26, 2008

Summary/Abstract: The text was written in the relation to Stanisław Lem’s (1921-2006) drawings exhibition held in Wiesław Dyląg’s gallery in Cracow (Galeria dylag.pl) this spring. The renowned writer and thinker, the world leading creator of science-fiction showed his less-known face. The two original drawing cycles were presented: one of the post-war period and another from the time of his mature creation. The first one, completely unknown, is a set of satirical variations on the theme of the contest for a design of Frederic Chopin monument, held in Cracow within The Chopin Year – 1949. The latter consists of the author’s drawings for his famous novel ‘Star Diaries’ from the turn of the 1960s (for the first time the full version was edited by the ‘Czytelnik’ publishing house as its fourth edition in 1971). Stanisław Lem – a draughtsman using a light and natural style, can be situated among the creators of a grotesque satire, bizarre monsters and horrors. The drawings of a mainly linear character, were produced with a dark felt-tipped or a ballpoint pen on ordinary paper or bristol sheets. Each of them has an autonomous artistic value and at the same time comes as a perfect comment to the author’s writings.

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