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SUMMARY:Amsterdam Polish Film Festival:
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DESCRIPTION:Afterimage\, Andrzej Wajda’s final film\, is a moving meditatio
	n on creative\nfreedom\, moral conviction\, and the devastating consequenc
	es of ideological\ncontrol. Followed by a talk on abstract art in totalita
	rian societies.\n\nAfterimage (2016\, 122 min)\nAfterimage is inspired by 
	the life of one of Poland’s most influential modernist\nartists in postwar
	 Poland\, a renowned avant-garde painter Władysław Strzemiński.\nHaving re
	fused to subordinate his art to the demands of Socialist Realism\, he\nopp
	osed the Stalinist regime. Stripped of his position\, livelihood\, and pub
	lic\nvisibility\, Strzemiński struggled to preserve his artistic integrity
	 in the face\nof relentless political persecution. Afterimage\, Andrzej Wa
	jda’s final film\, is\na moving meditation on creative freedom\, moral con
	viction\, and the devastating\nconsequences of ideological control. Dignif
	ied and deeply humane\, it is a\npoignant farewell from one of cinema’s gr
	eatest masters.\n\nTalk: a clash between art and politics\nWhy was abstrac
	t art so passionately hated by totalitarian systems? And why many\nartists
	 having the misfortune to live in one still insisted to create abstract\nv
	isions and objects? Anda Rottenberg and Matt Steinglasswill bring the life
	 and\nwork of a brilliant\, uncompromised Polish artist\, Wladyslaw Strzem
	iński to the\nspotlight\, explaining the circumstances under which he purs
	ued his artistic\nideas and how he influenced the development of 20th-cent
	ury European art.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/amsterdam-polish-film-festival
GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596
LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam
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CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,festivals,film,leidseplein,meditation,talk
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong><em>Afterimage</em>, Andrzej Wajda’
	s final film, is a moving meditation on creative freedom, moral conviction
	, and the devastating consequences of ideological control. Followed by a t
	alk on abstract art in totalitarian societies.</strong></p> <p><strong>Aft
	erimage (2016, 122 min)</strong><br><em>Afterimage</em> is inspired by the
	 life of one of Poland’s most influential modernist artists in postwar Pol
	and, a renowned avant-garde painter Władysław Strzemiński. Having refused 
	to subordinate his art to the demands of Socialist Realism, he opposed the
	 Stalinist regime. Stripped of his position, livelihood, and public visibi
	lity, Strzemiński struggled to preserve his artistic integrity in the face
	 of relentless political persecution.<em> Afterimage</em>, Andrzej Wajda’s
	 final film, is a moving meditation on creative freedom, moral conviction,
	 and the devastating consequences of ideological control. Dignified and de
	eply humane, it is a poignant farewell from one of cinema’s greatest maste
	rs.</p> <p><strong>Talk: a clash between art and politics</strong><br>Why 
	was abstract art so passionately hated by totalitarian systems? And why ma
	ny artists having the misfortune to live in one still insisted to create a
	bstract visions and objects? Anda Rottenberg and Matt Steinglasswill bring
	 the life and work of a brilliant, uncompromised Polish artist, Wladyslaw 
	Strzemiński to the spotlight, explaining the circumstances under which he 
	pursued his artistic ideas and how he influenced the development of 20th-c
	entury European art.</p>
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